| Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America's Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403968691 ISBN-13: 9781403968692 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This study is the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham's social thought during one of the most volatile periods of American history'the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968). Using previously unpublished documents, this book argues that although the popular evangelist occasionally supported King s mission to save America, he largely opposed King s vision of the beloved community and his tactics of civil disobedience. The book also offers the controversial claim that because Graham allowed his political allegiances to trump his biblical Christianity, he never dreamed of nor worked for a world marked by lasting racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Evangelism - Religion | Christianity - Pentecostal & Charismatic - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 269.209 |
| LCCN: 2005058661 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.4" W x 9.26" (1.18 lbs) 282 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study is the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham's social thought during one of the most volatile periods of American history'the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968). Using previously unpublished documents, this book argues that although the popular evangelist occasionally supported King's mission to save America, he largely opposed King's vision of 'the beloved community' and his tactics of civil disobedience. The book also offers the controversial claim that because Graham allowed his political allegiances to trump his biblical Christianity, he never dreamed of nor worked for a world marked by lasting racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace. |