Bøger af Lewis V. Baldwin

"Sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.": pages 345-346.

This volume explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr's understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law and politics. It focuses attention on King's refusal to separate religious faith and moral considerations from politics, legal matters and social reformism.

Drawing on Dr. King's personal prayers, award-winning historian Baldwin explains how King turned to both private prayer and meditation for his own spiritual fulfillment, and to public prayer as a way of moving, inspiring, and reaffirming people in the context of a crusade for equal rights, social justice, and peace.

A collaborative effort of a Christian scholar and a Muslim scholar, this study details the interconnections between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr: their faith claims, their perspectives on culture, and their visions of the ideal society and world.