To Make the Wounded Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Lewis V. Baldwin

Overview

To Make the Wounded Whole describes how King's black messianic vision propelled him into fateful encounters with other black leaders, the war in Vietnam, black theology and world liberation movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800625436
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Lewis V. Baldwin is professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of There Is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1991); To Make the Wounded Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1992); and Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010).

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Lift Every Voice: Black Perspectives in Dialogue

Take My Hand, Precious Lord: A Legacy for Black Theology and Ethics

Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands: The African and African-American Struggles

Caught in an Inescapable Network: A Vision of World Community

Conclusion

Index