Voices in the Wilderness : Twentieth-Century Prophets Speak to the New Millennium

by Bryan, G. McLeod

• ISBN13: 9780865546394
• ISBN10: 0865546398
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

In this book, G. McLeod Bryan gives firsthand accounts of his interactions with five of the most important prophetic voices of the twentieth century: Martin Luther King Jr., anti-apartheid minister C. F. Beyers Naude, Clarence Jordan - New Testament scholar and founder of the interracial farm community known as Koinonia Farm - Czech pastor Jaroslav Stolar, and religion scholar Huston Smith. In a century filled with violence, war, and oppression, these five figures appealed to the freedom of conscience in order to reach beyond the limitations of institutional Christianity to reclaim a more authentic following of Christ.

Author Biography

G. McLeod Bryan is emeritus professor of religious studies at Wake Forest University.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968

C. F. Beyers Naude, 1915-

Clarence Jordan, 1912-1969

Jaroslav Stolar, 1922-1988

Huston Smith, 1919-

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