The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved AmericaOxford University Press, 6. 2. 1997 - Počet stran: 368 Today it seems extraordinary that a nation the size of the United States could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. But at a turning point in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr., had an incalculable effect on the fabric of daily life and the laws of the nation. As no other preacher in living memory and no politician since Lincoln, he transposed the themes of love, suffering, deliverance, and justice from the sacred shelter of the pulpit into the arena of public policy. He was the last great religious reformer in America. How the man who always saw himself as "fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher" crafted his strategic vision and moved a nation to renewal is the subject of this remarkable new book. The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.'s, religious development from a precocious "PK" ("preacher's kid") in segregated Atlanta to the most influential American preacher and orator of the twentieth century. To give the most accurate and intimate portrait possible, author Richard Lischer draws almost exclusively on King's unpublished sermons and speeches, as well as tape recordings, personal interviews, and even police surveillance reports. In King's published works, Lischer shows, King and his editors modified and polished his sermons in order to reach as wide an audience as possible. By returning to the raw sources, Lischer recaptures King's real, African-American, preaching voice and, consequently, something of the real King himself. He shows how as the son, the grandson, and the great-grandson of preachers, King early on absorbed the poetic cadences, the traditions, and the power of the pulpit. He traces King's coming of age from his rebellious teenage years (King once wrote that at thirteen he shocked his Sunday School class by "denying the bodily resurrection of Jesus") to his arrival in Montgomery, where he took on the role of "Brother Pastor" to his flock during the year of ministry before he burst into national prominence. Lischer shows that King was as profoundly influenced by his fellow African-American preachers as he was by Gandhi and the philosophers, and tracks King's themes of brotherhood and justice from the set pieces of his weekly sermons to his electrifying mass meeting speeches, demonstrations, and civil addresses. Lischer also reveals a later phase of King's development that few of his biographers or critics have addressed: the prophetic rage with which he condemned American religious and political hypocrisy. During the last three years of his life, Lischer shows, King accused his country of genocide, warned of long hot summers in the ghettos, and called for a radical redistribution of wealth. More than any other book, The Preacher King captures the crucial aspect of the identity of Martin Luther King, Jr. Human, complex, and passionate, here is a preacher who never gave up trying to shape a congregation of people that would be capable of redeeming the moral and political character of the nation. |
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... nation many times , leaving a trail of sermons and vivid memories in the hearts of those who heard him . Over the past few years it has been my pleasure to follow the trail . The two major repositories for King materials are the Martin ...
... nation many times , leaving a trail of sermons and vivid memories in the hearts of those who heard him . Over the past few years it has been my pleasure to follow the trail . The two major repositories for King materials are the Martin ...
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... nation " under God " could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little black church in Montgomery , Alabama . It seems remarkable , in retro- spect , that we were willing to listen to his overtly Christian persuasions ...
... nation " under God " could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little black church in Montgomery , Alabama . It seems remarkable , in retro- spect , that we were willing to listen to his overtly Christian persuasions ...
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... nation . The substance of these sermons he trans- lated into civil religious addresses and fiery mass - meeting speeches , but it was always preaching that he was doing . Even when no text was cited and the deity was not mentioned , the ...
... nation . The substance of these sermons he trans- lated into civil religious addresses and fiery mass - meeting speeches , but it was always preaching that he was doing . Even when no text was cited and the deity was not mentioned , the ...
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... nation . It will be clear that King meant to make a Movement that was Christian , a distinctive pur- pose that continues to separate him from other prominent civil rights leaders . Discerning the method and ramifications of that purpose ...
... nation . It will be clear that King meant to make a Movement that was Christian , a distinctive pur- pose that continues to separate him from other prominent civil rights leaders . Discerning the method and ramifications of that purpose ...
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... so - called canon actually consists of an enormous inventory of set pieces , the the- matic formulas he patched together in a bewildering number of combi- nations under a variety of sermon titles . Some of 8 PROLOGUE.
... so - called canon actually consists of an enormous inventory of set pieces , the the- matic formulas he patched together in a bewildering number of combi- nations under a variety of sermon titles . Some of 8 PROLOGUE.
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