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Informationen zum Autor Luther E Smith! Jr teaches at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta! Georgia. He is Senior Consulting Editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and the author of several books! including Howard Thurman: The Mystic Prophet. Klappentext Howard Thurman (1900-1981)! minister! philosopher! civil rights activist! has been called "one of the greatest spiritual resources of this nation." His encounters with Gandhi in India helped instill his commitment to nonviolence. His identification of Jesus as one of the disinherited helped shape the thinking of Martin Luther King! Jr. His embrace of wisdom from other religious traditions emboldened interfaith cooperation and understanding. Zusammenfassung Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was a minister! philosopher and civil rights activist. His encounters with Gandhi in India helped instill in him a commitment to peace. This book reveals the wisdom of a mystic and poet.
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Howard Thurman (1900-1981), has been called "one of the greatest spiritual resources of this nation." His encounters with Gandhi in India helped instill his commitment to nonviolence. His identification of Jesus as one of the disinherited helped shape the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. His embrace of wisdom from other religious traditions emboldened interfaith cooperation and understanding.
Luther E. Smith, Jr., teaches at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta. He is senior consulting editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and the author or several books, including
Howard Thurman: The Mystic as Prophet.
