Freedom Church of the Poor
Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's Campaign
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- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–xxviii Preface i–xxviii
- 127–138 Movement as Church 127–138
- 165–168 Conclusion 165–168
- 169–184 Bibliography 169–184
- 185–192 Index 185–192
- 193–194 About the Author 193–194