Extremist for love
Subtitle: Martin Luther King Jr., man of ideas and nonviolent social action
By: Rufus Burrow, Jr
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781451470208; 9781451480276
Subjects: Political and social views; Nonviolence; History; Social action; African Americans; Biography; Civil rights workers; Baptists; Clergy; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Sources; Race relations
Description: In spite of extensive research and publishing on King, insufficient attention has been given to the convergence of ideas and action in his life. In an era where people are often sorted into the categories of "thinker" and "doer," King stands out--a rare mix of the deeply profound thinker and intellect who put the fruit of that reflection into the service of direct social action.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Lewis V. Baldwin; title: Part 1. Familial Roots of Protest and Nonviolence; title: Paternal Grandparents (James and Delia King); title: Maternal Grandparents (Adam Daniel and Jennie C. Williams); title: Parents (Martin Luther and Alberta King); title: Part 2. Formal and Intellectual Influences; title: The Walter Rauschenbusch Factor; title: The Christian Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr; title: Part 3. A Preacher and Some Women Pave the Way; title: Vernon Napoleon Johns : "God's Bad Boy"; title: Black Women Trailblazers; title: Part 4. Christian Love and Gandhian Nonviolence; title: Gandhian Influence and the Formal Elements of King's Nonviolence; title: Training in Nonviolence; title: Part 5. Where Do We Go From Here?; title: Enduring Racism : What Can be done to Keep Hope Alive?