King Came Preaching: The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by Mervyn A. Warren

Book Overview

Mervyn Warren offers you a journey into the preaching of Martin Luther King Jr. in this homiletical biography exploring King's sermons, use of language, delivery and more. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083083253X
• ISBN13: 9780830832538
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Practical and Theoretical Power!

As an admirer of great Black preaching, I cannot thank Dr. Warren enough for penning this essential window into the mind of a figure often trivialized and simplified into an all-purpose, harmless icon. Dr. King really did come preaching. This book puts him in the proper perspective as part of a long line of intellectual and oratorical tradition, while pointing out the uniqueness of his gifts. Before you pick up "King Came Preaching", remember that it seems more of a study of responsible ministry than a recruiting tract pamphlet. Because of this fact, Dr. Warren makes the benefits of his scholarship accessible to others than just Evangelical Christians. Dr. Gardner Taylor, Dr. James Cone, Dr. William Jones, Bishop Vashti McKenzie, Minister Louis Farrakhan and others are proof that there's more than one way to skin the devil! Ministers, Professors, lay persons and the just-plain curious would all do well to share in this intimate but intelligent look at one of history's most misunderstood figures.