Jesus and the Disinherited
- ISBN-10
- 0807095338
- ISBN-13
- 9780807095331
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-31
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Howard Thurman
Description
Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation’s history forever. In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution to ending the descent into moral nihilism. Hatred does not empower--it decays. Only through self-love and love of one another can God's justice prevail.
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