A Gift of Love: Sermons From "Strength To Love" and Other Preachings (King Legacy)

ISBN: 0807000639

Author: King Jr., Dr. Martin Luther

Condition: New

A landmark collection of Martin Luther King Jr.s best known homilies and sermons-with selections from Strength to Love.As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as Loving Your Enemies and Shattered Dreams, and he continued to edit the volume after his release.Full Sermon List: A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart Transformed Nonconformist On Being a Good Neighbor Love in action Loving Your Enemies A Knock at Midnight The Man Who Was a Fool The Death of Evil Upon the Seashore Shattered Dreams Our God is Able Antidotes for Fear The Answer to a Perplexing Question Pauls Letter to American Christians Pilgrimage to nonviolence The Drum Major Instinct The Three Dimensions of a Complete LifeA Gift of Love includes most of the classic sermons from Strength to Love, along with 2 new sermons. Collectively they present Kings fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness, and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.