Acknowledgements
Foreword: Wyatt Tee Walker
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Roots Factor: The Church as a Second Home
Chapter 2: The True Ekklesia: Toward a Definition of the Church
Chapter 3: A Balm in Gilead: The Black Church as Mission and
Movement
Chapter 4: An Uncertain Sound: The Ambivalent Soul of the White
Church
Chapter 5: Unrestricted Freedom: The Church and the World House
Chapter 6: To Be Maladjusted: A Kingian Model for Church
Renewal
Afterword: David G. Buttrick
Notes
Index
Lewis V. Baldwin is Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of five books on the life and thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Baldwin has done a superb job.... For anyone interested in King
and the role of the church in the struggle for justice, this is a
must read."--Church History
"The Voice of Conscience is a masterpiece and a crowning
achievement to a career dedicated to theological reflections on the
contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr."--CHOICE
"A uniquely complete and brilliantly documented contribution to our
understanding of the actual roots of the theology of Martin Luther
King, Jr. This work is without parallel for thoroughness and
authenticity in its field." --Henry H. Mitchell, author of Black
Preaching: The Recovery of a Powerful Art
"I have read many volumes on Martin Luther King, Jr. over the past
decade. Voice of Conscience eclipses them all. Impeccably
researched and masterfully written, it propels Lewis V. Baldwin to
the rank of top King scholar in the world. King lives in this
lively and instructive book." --Rufus Burrow, Jr., author of Martin
Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians
"A uniquely complete and brilliantly documented contribution to our
understanding of the actual roots of the theology of Martin Luther
King, Jr., both directly stated and implied. Baldwin writes from
the position of one who shares King's angle of spiritual vision
from deep inside the Black Church of the deep South, frankly facing
its faults, and lovingly affirming and adding to its immense
contributions. This work is without parallel, for thoroughness
and
authenticity in its field." -- Rev. Dr. Henry H. Mitchell, author
of Black Church Beginnings, 1650-1990
"This book is of inevitable value to any individual or group who
are prepared to become new models as individuals or churches
committed to societal reformation. Rooted in King's writings, as
well as others on or about him, the intention of the reader
involves more than being informed: given the historic experiences
of the Black Church and its membership, it is very clear that King
could not separate the social needs of black people from the
personal needs. His
concern for 'unemployment, slums, economic insecurity' and other
inequities of life made him 'a profound advocator of the social
gospel.' I praise God for this book!" --Retired bishop Leontine
T.C.
Kelly, the United Methodist Church
"Dr. Baldwin's work places Martin Luther King, Jr. at the forefront
of ecclesiastical life and thought. That in no way detracts from
his standing as a champion of freedom. Dr. Baldwin is uniquely
qualified to see the two as belonging together." -- Rev. Will
Campbell, Civil Rights activist and author of Robert G. Clark's
Journey to the House
"Baldwin's the voice of Conscience is a masterpiece and a crowning
achievement to a career dedicated to theological, reflections on
the contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr....Highly
recommended."--CHOICE
"Compelling...This book provides a much needed corrective to what
has been an unexamined lacuna in King scholarship, which has
assumed the importance of King's understanding of the church and
its relation to his broader social vision. What Baldwin contributes
is a clear and concise picture of that community of faith in King's
mind."--The Journal of Southern History
"Lewis Baldwin has written several other works on Dr. King and is
regarded as an authority on King's life...The Voice of Conscience
opens a new investigative path into the birth of Black Religion and
the Black Church in North America...for future researchers The
Voice of Consciousness should be viewed as a hermeneutical point of
departure."--The Journal of African American History
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