{"product_id":"visions-of-a-better-world-howard-thurmans-pilgrimage-to-india-and-the-origins-of-african-american-nonviolence-paperback","title":"Visions of a Better World: Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuinton Hosford Dixie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Eisenstadt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003esatyagraha\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"soul force,\" would have a momentous impact on Thurman, showing him the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the journey to India, Thurman's distinctly American translation of \u003ci\u003esatyagraha\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eVisions of a Better World\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuinton Dixie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePeter Eisenstadt\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cb\u003eDixie\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThis Far by Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, and is coeditor, with Cornel West, of \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Hope\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEisenstadt\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent historian with a PhD in history from New York University. He is the author or editor of six books, including \u003ci\u003eRochdale Village, Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Conservatism\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the associate editor of T\u003ci\u003ehe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Vols. I-III\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756063187277,"sku":"9780807001721","price":48.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/o8ouKoKq_D9780807001721.webp?v=1776721997","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/visions-of-a-better-world-howard-thurmans-pilgrimage-to-india-and-the-origins-of-african-american-nonviolence-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}