FOR-USA's "Brothers in the Beloved Community" book talk with Marc Andrus.
Channel: FellowshipUSA
Date: 2022-01-22

This compelling new book by Marc Andrus describes the deep relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh. These two iconic spiritual leaders met in 1966 and 1967 and became not only allies in the peace movement, but friends. This friendship between two prophetic figures from different religions and cultures, from countries at war with one another, reached a great depth in a short period of time. King nominated Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967, and following King's assassination the next year, Nhat Hanh mourned his passing in a personal, poignant message.

The two men bonded over a vision of the Beloved Community: a vision described by Rep. John Lewis as “a nation and world society at peace with itself.” Each were members in the Fellowship of Reconciliation, which informed that understanding, and Dr. King had been popularizing this concept through his work for some time. Thich Nhat Hanh, author Andrus shows, took the lineage of the Beloved Community from King and carried it on after his death.

The Right Rev. Marc Handley Andrus is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. A member of FOR and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, his episcopacy has been defined by advocacy and leadership for racial, gender, LGBTQIA, health, and climate justice, working locally, nationally, and globally with interfaith movements and secular allies. Bishop Andrus has also served congregations and communities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Alabama.

We encourage all registrants to purchase the book through your independent bookseller or directly from the publisher, Parallax Press, who have generously offered a 30% discount to supporters in connection with this event (valid from Jan. 16 to 23 -- use Discount Code: Marc30 on the publisher's website): https://www.parallax.org/product/brothers-in-the-beloved-community/