Jesus and the Disinherited
Jesus and the Disinherited is a 1949 book by African-American minister, theologian, and civil rights leader Howard Thurman.
 First edition | |
| Author | Howard Thurman |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Jesus Christ, Biblical sociology, Christian theology |
| Publisher | Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, Beacon Press |
Publication date | 1949, 2012 |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 112 |
| ISBN | 0807010294 |
In the book, Thurman interprets the teachings of Jesus through the experience of the oppressed and discusses nonviolent responses to oppression. The book developed out of a series of lectures that Thurman presented at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas, during April 1948."[1]
In his biography of Martin Luther King Jr., Lerone Bennett Jr. notes that King studied Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited during the Montgomery bus boycott.[2]
References
- Thurman, Howard (2012). Jesus and the Disinherited. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. p. 8. ISBN 0807010294.
- Bennett, Jr., Lerone (1968). What Manner of Man. Chicago, IL: Johnson Company Press. p. 74. ISBN 1299013252.
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