Charles Marsh is Professor of Religion at the University of Virginia and Director of the Project on Lived Theology. He is the author of Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the award-winning God's Long Summer, and The Last Days. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"[Marsh is] part historian, part raconteur, and part preacher...I
found myself both moved to nostalgia and stirred to action as a I
read his gripping account."--Philip Yancey, author of What's So
Amazing About Grace
"[Marsh] traces the influence of faith on the civil rights movement
and argues that the spiritual underpinnings of that movement can
serve as a source of moral energy today...an argument for the
enduring power of progressive Christianity."--Ruth Graham,
Slate
"A stirring account of Christian faith in action...the author makes
a fervent pleas for spiritual renewal and recommitment."--Christian
Science Monitor
"Among the finest studies of the civil rights movement...Marsh
writes lucidly and lyrically, fusing theology and history with a
vigorous and unobtrusive intelligence."--Books and Culture
"One of the most original books I've read in a long time...[Charles
Marsh] has reminded us of what is required to keep America moving
toward social justice."--Bill Moyers
"This book will want to make you stand up and should; and kneel and
pray; and then go out and do something remarkable."--Lauren F.
Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath
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