Visions of a Better World - by Quinton Dixie & Peter Eisenstadt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In 1935, at the height of his powers, Howard Thurman, one of the most influential African American religious thinkers of the twentieth century, took a pivotal trip to India that would forever change him--and that would ultimately shape the course of the civil rights movement in the United States. <p/> When Thurman (1899-1981) became the first African American to meet with Mahatma Gandhi, he found himself called upon to create a new version of American Christianity, one that eschewed self-imposed racial and religious boundaries, and equipped itself to confront the enormous social injustices that plagued the United States during this period. Gandhi's philosophy and practice of <i>satyagraha</i>, or "soul force," would have a momentous impact on Thurman, showing him the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance. <p/> After the journey to India, Thurman's distinctly American translation of <i>satyagraha</i> into a Black Christian context became one of the key inspirations for the civil rights movement, fulfilling Gandhi's prescient words that "it may be through the Negroes that the unadulterated message of nonviolence will be delivered to the world." Thurman went on to found one of the first explicitly interracial congregations in the United States and to deeply influence an entire generation of black ministers--among them Martin Luther King Jr. <p/> <i>Visions of a Better World</i> depicts a visionary leader at a transformative moment in his life. Drawing from previously untapped archival material and obscurely published works, Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt explore, for the first time, Thurman's development into a towering theologian who would profoundly affect American Christianity--and American history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Highly recommended."--<i>Choice</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Quinton Dixie</b> and <b>Peter Eisenstadt</b> are two of the country's leading experts on Howard Thurman. They are both senior volume editors of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and have extensive backgrounds in African American history and religious history. <b>Dixie</b> is assistant professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. He holds MA and PhD degrees in religious studies and American church history, respectively, from Union Theological Seminary. He is coauthor, with Juan Williams, of <i>This Far by Faith</i>, and is coeditor, with Cornel West, of <i>The Courage to Hope</i>. <b>Eisenstadt</b> is an independent historian with a PhD in history from New York University. He is the author or editor of six books, including <i>Rochdale Village, Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History</i>, and <i>Black Conservatism</i>. He is also the associate editor of T<i>he Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Vols. I-III</i>.
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