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"[Sh]ould take a prominent place on the shelf of literature about the man who changed 20th century America." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review • In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King’s life through his complex, emerging, religious lives..
List of contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction The Redemptive Power of Martin Luther King
1 Growing Up King
2 The Young Preacher in Boston and Montgomery
3 The Montgomery Uprising
4 Montgomery and SCLC
5 The Dream, the Letter, and the Nightmare
6 Struggling in Selma and Chicago
7 Shot Rings Out in the Memphis Sky
Epilogue The Irrelevance of Sainthood: The Afterlives of King
Bibliographic Essay
About the author
Paul Harvey is distinguished professor of history and presidential teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and the author of numerous books on American religious history including, with Rowman & Littlefield, Through the Storm, Through the Night: A History of African American Christianity (CHOICEOutstanding), and Bounds of Their Habitation: Race and Religion in American History. He is the coauthor with Edward J. Blum of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in American History, named as one of the top 25 academic books of the year by CHOICE and as one of the Best 5 Books on Religion for 2012 by Publishers Weekly.
Summary
In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King’s life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey’s concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today.
