The preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the word that moved America /

Lischer investigates King's religious development from a precocious preacher's kid in segregated Atlanta to the most influential American preacher and orator of the 20th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lischer, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:	King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968. King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Oratory. King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 King, Martin Luther. Preaching. Sermons, American > African American authors. Prédication. Sermons américains > Auteurs noirs américains. RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Preaching. Oratory Preaching Sermons, American > African American authors Predigt Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Prologue; I Preparation; 1 Surrounded; 2 Apprenticed to the Word; 3 Dexter Avenue and "The Daybreak of Freedom, "; II Performance; 4 What He Received: Units of Tradition; 5 The Strategies of Style; 6 From Identification to Rage; 7 The Masks of Character; III THEOLOGY AND BEYOND; 8 In the Mirror of the Bible; 9 The Ebenezer Gospel; 10 Bearing "The Gospel of Freedom": The Mass Meeting; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index