The Voice of Conscience

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-538031-6
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

Before he was a civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a man of the church. His father was a pastor, and much of young Martin's time was spent in Baptist churches. He went on to seminary and received a Ph.D. in theology. In 1953, he took over leadership of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta. The church was his home. But, as he began working for civil rights, King became a fierce critic of the churches, both black and white. He railed against white Christian leaders who urged him to be patient in the struggle-or even opposed civil rights altogether. And, while the black church was the platform from which King launched the struggle for civil rights, he was deeply ambivalent toward the church as an institution, and saw it as in constant need of reform. In this book, Lewis Baldwin explores King's complex relationship with the Christian church, from his days growing up at Ebenezer Baptist, to his work as a pastor, to his battles with American churches over civil rights, to his vision for the global church. King, Baldwin argues, had a robust and multifaceted view of the nature and purpose of the church that serves as a model for the church in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldwin

Baldwin, Lewis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements

- Foreword: Wyatt Tee Walker

- Introduction

- 1.: The Roots Factor: The Church as a Second Home

- 2.: The True Ekklesia: Toward a Definition of the Church

- 3.: A Balm in Gilead: The Black Church as Mission and Movement

- 4.: An Uncertain Sound: The Ambivalent Soul of the White Church

- 5.: Unrestricted Freedom: The Church and the World House

- 6.: To Be Maladjusted: A Kingian Model for Church Renewal

- Afterword: David G. Buttrick

- Notes

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lewis Baldwin Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University