We've got some difficult days ahead; civil rights activist Martin Luther King; Jr.; told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3; 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."These prophetic words; uttered the day before his assassination; challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve years of his life.These words and others are commemorated here in the only major one-volume collection of this seminal twentieth-century American prophet's writings; speeches; interviews; and autobiographical reflections. A Testament of Hope contains Martin Luther King; Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence; social policy; integration; black nationalism; the ethics of love and hope; and more.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Luiz F. Betim P. LemeI'm still in the beginning of the book; but it seems to be very interesting.15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Excellent for opening the context of Jesus and then the gospelsBy Dean P. OlsonI have found the book a seedbed of helpful insight into what was going on both during Jesus life and in the immediate years after his crucifixion amongst the earliest followers. I am shocked as I normally would not open it because of its title. I would assume it is about the early followers and not about Jesus; more about Christianity and its beginning and not about Jesus and his life and times. Yet the first 235 pages are fertile for opening a sense of what was going on while Jesus was alive and gives a context that helps with understanding what he was doing and saying. What he was doing and saying take on new meaning for me from this multilayered; clearly explained and user friendly approach. You also are getting a sense of how Crossan works with the biblical material and why.Yes its complicated; but it is readable! And I cringe that I almost did not open it because of the title. From the title. I finally did open it; because after spending a huge amount of time reading and rereading many of Crossan's earlier books; I realized "I'm part of this equation. I need to be more aware of how I'm interacting with this material and what is being asked of me." That is the point of this book; that "interaction"; which he also refers to as "the hinge".If you really are serious about grasping what was going on in that first century and through that gaining a better sense and deeper meaning of what Jesus was about and why he was saying what he did; this book is a compost for that! Wow! And to think I almost did not open it!5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. but that is good as ambiguity in the course of history is always ...By John HudsonThis is one of many books being written on understanding the take off of Christianity from the life of Jesus. The task is difficult because the written testimonies all begin at least fifteen years after the death of Jesus. There was already a transformation of Jesus into the categories of Jewish messianic thought and Greek and Roman religious categories. The concern is how to glean from the ongoing and developing picture of Jesus as the anointed one to the full blown deification of Jesus. Also; there is the question of defining religious experiences influenced by the Resurrection and the Holy Spirit that broaden the impact of Jesus on the lives of believers and consequently provide the background of the written testimonies. There are all sorts of divergent view about this subject matter and the fact is that there probably always will be; but that is good as ambiguity in the course of history is always present.
