Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America's Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403968692)

This study is the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham's social thought during one of the most volatile periods of American history'the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968). Using previously unpublished documents, this book argues that although the popular evangelist occasionally supported King's mission to save America, he largely opposed King's vision of 'the beloved community' and his tactics of civil disobedience. The book also offers the controversial claim that because Graham allowed his political allegiances to trump his biblical Christianity, he never dreamed of nor worked for a world marked by lasting racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace.

Author: Na Na
ISBN-10: 1403968691
ISBN-13: 9781403968692
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2006
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.40w x 0.81d