{"product_id":"the-beloved-community-how-faith-shapes-social-justice-from-the-civil-rights-movement-to-today-9780465044160","title":"The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eA noted theologian explains how the radical idea of Christian love animated the African American civil rights movement and how it can power today's social justice struggles\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Speaking to his supporters at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared that their common goal was not simply the end of segregation as an institution. Rather, the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption, the end is the creation of the beloved community. King's words reflect the strong religious convictions that motivated the African American civil rights movement. As King and his allies saw it, Jesus had founded the most revolutionary movement in human history: a movement built on the unconditional love of God for the world and the mandate to live in that love. Through a commitment to this idea of love and to the practice of nonviolence, civil rights leaders sought to transform the social and political realities of twentieth-century America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Beloved Community\u003c\/i\u003e, theologian and award-winning author Charles Marsh traces the history of the spiritual vision that animated the civil rights movement and shows how it remains a vital source of moral energy today. \u003ci\u003eThe Beloved Community\u003c\/i\u003e lays out an exuberant new vision for progressive Christianity and reclaims the centrality of faith in the quest for social justice and authentic community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2262565\"\u003eCharles Marsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465044160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465044166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL004000\"\u003eCivil Rights\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL084000\"\u003eReligion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e is Commonwealth Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and Director of the Project on Lived Theology. He is the author of several award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eStrange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God's Long Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWelcoming Justice\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42673693360365,"sku":"9780465044160","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e0b275d2-9c22-4abf-a9b8-6f791ce8d872.jpg?v=1649557208","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-beloved-community-how-faith-shapes-social-justice-from-the-civil-rights-movement-to-today-9780465044160","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}