Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Title | Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Randall Herbert Balmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780195066531 |
An expansion of the 1989 edition which was a companion to the PBS series. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Martin Luther King’s Biblical Epic
Title | Martin Luther King’s Biblical Epic PDF eBook |
Author | Keith D. Miller |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2011-11-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1617031097 |
In his final speech “I've Been to the Mountaintop,” Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his support of African American garbage workers on strike in Memphis. Although some consider this oration King's finest, it is mainly known for its concluding two minutes, wherein King compares himself to Moses and seems to predict his own assassination. But King gave an hour-long speech, and the concluding segment can only be understood in relation to the whole. King scholars generally focus on his theology, not his relation to the Bible or the circumstance of a Baptist speaking in a Pentecostal setting. Even though King cited and explicated the Bible in hundreds of speeches and sermons, Martin Luther King's Biblical Epic is the first book to analyze his approach to the Bible and its importance to his rhetoric and persuasiveness. Martin Luther King's Biblical Epic argues that King challenged dominant Christian supersessionist conceptions of Judaism in favor of a Christianity that affirms Judaism as its wellspring. In his final speech, King implicitly but strongly argues that one can grasp Jesus only by first grasping Moses and the Hebrew prophets. This book also traces the roots of King's speech to its Pentecostal setting and to the Pentecostals in his audience. In doing so, Miller puts forth the first scholarship to credit the mostly unknown, but brilliant African American architect who created the large yet compact church sanctuary, which made possible the unique connection between King and his audience on the night of his last speech.
American Children's Folklore
Title | American Children's Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | Simon J. Bronner |
Publisher | august house |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780874830682 |
Front cover: A book of rhymes, games, jokes, stories, secret languages, beliefs and camp legends, for parents, grandparents, teachers, counselors and all adults who were once children.
Mine Eyes Have Seen
Title | Mine Eyes Have Seen PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Dunbar Nelson |
Publisher | Graphic Arts Books |
Pages | 13 |
Release | 2021-05-21 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1513287478 |
Mine Eyes Have Seen (1918) is a one-act play by Alice Dunbar Nelson. Published in The Crisis, the influential journal of the NAACP, Mine Eyes Have Seen is a brutal portrait of race and identity in twentieth century America. Exploring themes of violence, faith, patriotism, and economic struggle, Dunbar Nelson crafts a poignant and unforgettable work of fiction. When their father, a successful black man, is lynched by vengeful white neighbors, Dan, Chris, and Lucy flee north with their mother. They reach the city safely, but their mother soon dies from heartbreak and exhaustion, leaving her children to fend for themselves. Dan, the eldest, manages to support his siblings until an accident at the factory leaves him crippled. This forces Chris, a bitter young man, to take financial responsibility for the family. When the United States enters the First World War, authorizing the Selective Service Act of 1917, Chris is drafted into the military. Despite his hesitation and distrust of a government that allowed his father to be murdered with impunity, he soon comes under the influence of patriotic white neighbors who encourage him to sacrifice his life for the nation. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Dunbar Nelson’s Mine Eyes Have Seen is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Title | Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Randall Herbert Balmer |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780195300468 |
Originally published 15 years ago and the subject of a PBS documentary, this timely new edition offers an insightful and engaging journey into the world conservative Christians in America.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Title | Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Randall Balmer |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2014-08-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199360480 |
Randall Balmer's Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is an insightful and engaging journey into the world of conservative Christians in America. Originally published twenty-five years ago and the basis for an award-winning, three-part PBS documentary, this new edition is complete with a new chapter and an Afterword. In this immensely readable tour of the highways and byways of American evangelicalism, Balmer visits a revival meeting in Florida, an Indian reservation in the Dakotas, a trade show for Christian booksellers, and a fundamentalist Bible camp in the Adirondacks. Through the eyes of those that Balmer meets on his journeys, we arrive at a more accurate and balanced understanding of an abiding tradition that, as the author argues, is both rich in theological insights and mired in contradictions. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory offers readers a genuine insight into the appeal that the evangelical movement holds for thousands of Americans.
Weight of Glory
Title | Weight of Glory PDF eBook |
Author | C. S. Lewis |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2001-03-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060653205 |
Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses offer guidance and inspiration in a time of great doubt.These are ardent and lucid sermons that provide a compassionate vision of Christianity.