Freedom Church of the Poor

Colleen Wessel-McCoy

doi:10.5771/9781978710245

Freedom Church of the Poor

Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's Campaign

1. Edition 2021

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doi.org/10.5771/9781978710245
ISBN print: 978-1-9787-1023-8
ISBN online: 978-1-9787-1024-5
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

When King looked over into the promised land and tried to discern how we would get there, he called the poor to lead the way. The Poor People’s Campaign was part of a political strategy for building a movement expansive enough to tackle the enmeshed evils of racism, poverty, and war. In Freedom Church of the Poor: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign, Colleen Wessel-McCoy roots King’s political vision solidly in his theological ethics and traces the spirit of the campaign in the community and religious leaders who are responding to the devastating crises of inequality today.

Schlagworte

race and class resurrection city civil rights movement war on poverty welfare rights movement

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Preface
1–22 King’s Vision for a Campaign of the Poor 1–22
23–40 Organizing a New and Unsettling Force 23–40
41–66 The Poor Come to Washington 41–66
67–94 Assessing the Campaign 67–94
95–112 Theologies of the Poor People’s Campaign 95–112
113–126 King’s Theological Ethics 113–126
127–138 Movement as Church 127–138
139–164 Freedom Church of the Poor Today 139–164
165–168 Conclusion 165–168
169–184 Bibliography 169–184
185–192 Index 185–192
193–194 About the Author 193–194

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