The Community of the King

The Community of the King
Title The Community of the King PDF eBook
Author Howard A. Snyder
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Pages 243
Release 2010-01-28
Genre Religion
ISBN 0830879080

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Howard A. Snyder probes the relationship between the kingdom of God and our daily experience of the church.

Where Do We Go from Here?

Where Do We Go from Here?
Title Where Do We Go from Here? PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre
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Toward the Beloved Community

Toward the Beloved Community
Title Toward the Beloved Community PDF eBook
Author Lewis V. Baldwin
Publisher
Pages 296
Release 1995
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Showing how King's life and legacy played--and continue to play--a profound role in the liberation of South Africa from apartheid, this work draws on King's private letters and published works to connect his life and thought with that of South African leaders. A brilliant testament to the global influence of King.

Search for the Beloved Community

Search for the Beloved Community
Title Search for the Beloved Community PDF eBook
Author Kenneth L. Smith
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1998
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780817012823

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Updated from the original version published in 1974, this book examines the thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the influences that shaped it. Kenneth L. Smith's firsthand knowledge of King's seminary studies provides the background for an incisive analysis of the influences of the Christian tradition.

Chain of Change

Chain of Change
Title Chain of Change PDF eBook
Author Mel King
Publisher South End Press
Pages 340
Release 1981
Genre African Americans
ISBN 9780896081055

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Chain of Change is a history of the black community in Boston from the fifties through the seventies. Mel King shows how black consciousness and power have developed through the struggles around jobs, housing, education, and politics. For the future he proposes a strategy of community controlled economic development and political representation which is relevant to any major city.

Brothers in the Beloved Community

Brothers in the Beloved Community
Title Brothers in the Beloved Community PDF eBook
Author Marc Andrus
Publisher Parallax Press
Pages 218
Release 2021-11-16
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1946764914

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The “beautiful and wise account” of Martin Luther King Jr. and Zen Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, who “gave greater life to all of us through their remarkable friendship and shared vision of nonviolence” (Joan Halifax, author of Standing at the Edge). The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. He said: "I did not sleep last night. . . . They killed Martin Luther King. They killed us. I am afraid the root of violence is so deep in the heart and mind and manner of this society. They killed him. They killed my hope. I do not know what to say. . . . He made so great an impression in me. This morning I have the impression that I cannot bear the loss." Only a few years earlier, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote an open letter to Martin Luther King Jr. as part of his effort to raise awareness and bring peace in Vietnam. There was an unexpected outcome of Nhat Hanh's letter to King: The two men 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. Dr. King nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He wrote: "Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity." The two men bonded over a vision of the Beloved Community: a vision described recently by Congressman John Lewis as "a nation and world society at peace with itself." It was a concept each knew of because of their membership within the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international peace organization, and that Martin Luther King Jr. had been popularizing through his work for some time. Thich Nhat Hanh, Andrus shows, took the lineage of the Beloved Community from King and carried it on after his death.

Matthew's Christian-Jewish Community

Matthew's Christian-Jewish Community
Title Matthew's Christian-Jewish Community PDF eBook
Author Anthony J. Saldarini
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 325
Release 1994-05-16
Genre Religion
ISBN 0226734218

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The most Jewish of gospels in its contents and yet the most anti-Jewish in its polemics, the Gospel of Matthew has been said to mark the emergence of Christianity from Judaism. Anthony J. Saldarini overturns this interpretation by showing us how Matthew, far from proclaiming the replacement of Israel by the Christian church, wrote from within Jewish tradition to a distinctly Jewish audience. Recent research reveals that among both Jews and Christians of the first century many groups believed in Jesus while remaining close to Judaism. Saldarini argues that the author of the Gospel of Matthew belonged to such a group, supporting his claim with an informed reading of Matthew's text and historical context. Matthew emerges as a Jewish teacher competing for the commitment of his people after the catastrophic loss of the Temple in 70 C.E., his polemics aimed not at all Jews but at those who oppose him. Saldarini shows that Matthew's teaching about Jesus fits into first-century Jewish thought, with its tradition of God-sent leaders and heavenly mediators. In Saldarini's account, Matthew's Christian-Jewish community is a Jewish group, albeit one that deviated from the larger Jewish community. Contributing to both New Testament and Judaic studies, this book advances our understanding of how religious groups are formed.