"Howard Thurman is hard to lionize because he's hard to categorize. He was a minister to Martin Luther King Jr. and an academic at Boston University, and he has been posthumously interpreted as a mystic, a political visionary, and a model of parish ministry. "Human life is one and all men are members of one another," Thurman wrote. "And this insight is spiritual and it is the hard core of religious experience." Such statements make him a ..."
""Howard Thurman scholars explore the life and work of the twentieth century Black theologian and spiritual writer"-- RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies ."
"Synopsis: The contributors to this book address the theme of educating ethical leaders for the twenty-first century. They represent a wide range of fields, including philosophy, theology, law, science, and medicine. They all share the belief, however, that ethical leadership education is necessary in order to provide the next generation of leaders with the tools that they will need to successfully navigate the challenges of today and of ..."
The Inner Life and Social Responsibility (Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume 4) [Paperback] Thurman, Howard; Fluker, Walter Earl and Eisenstadt, Peter by Howard Thurman Paperback, Published 2023 by Orbis Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62698-554-4, ISBN: 1-62698-554-5
"The burgeoning terrain of Martin Luther King Jr. studies is leading to a new appreciation of his thought and its meaningfulness for the emergence and shaping of the twenty-first-century world. This volume brings together an impressive array of scholars from various backgrounds and disciplines to explore the global significance of King―then, now, and in the future.Employing King’s metaphor of “the great world house,” the major focus is o ..."
Ethical Leadership The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community by WalterE. Fluker 248 Pages, Published by Augsburg Fortress ISBN-13: 978-1-4514-1984-9, ISBN: 1-4514-1984-8
"The former is caught in the flow of historical circumstances and does not make a
unique contribution to the group or the ... “Buchanan was content to stand by and
allow the Union to disintegrate slowly; but Lincoln was determined to hold the ...
54 What made Lincoln an event-making leader was not his superior intelligence,
uncanny timing, and political skill but his ... a sense of fatedness as the belief that
the inexorable logic o ..."
"The burgeoning terrain of Martin Luther King Jr. studies is leading to a new appreciation of his thought and its meaningfulness for the emergence and shaping of the twenty-first-century world. This volume brings together an impressive array of scholars from various backgrounds and disciplines to explore the global significance of King―then, now, and in the future.Employing King’s metaphor of “the great world house,” the major focus is o ..."
"Howard Thurman is hard to lionize because he's hard to categorize. He was a minister to Martin Luther King Jr. and an academic at Boston University, and he has been posthumously interpreted as a mystic, a political visionary, and a model of parish ministry. "Human life is one and all men are members of one another," Thurman wrote. "And this insight is spiritual and it is the hard core of religious experience." Such statements make ..."
"An analysis and comparison of the ideal of community in the thinking of Howard Thurman (1900-1981) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1926-1968). For both, the search for community was a life-long quest and the ideal of community was the single, underlying thesis of their thoughts and ministries. The significance of this study lies in its examination of each man's respective approaches to the explication and application of the ideal of commun ..."
The Stones that the Builders Rejected(1st Edition) The Development of Ethical Leadership from the Black Church Tradition by Walter Earl Fluker Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Trinity Press International ISBN-13: 978-1-56338-235-2, ISBN: 1-56338-235-0
"This book's title, "the stones that the builders rejected" (Psalm 118:22), refers to "history's black absent ones" who may indeed have much more to say about the nature of moral discourse and redemption of America's soul than has previously been acknowledged.In the book, six outstanding black scholars, women and men, build on the hypothesis that, because of its distinctive socio-cultural location and long history of producing quality le ..."
They Looked for a City(Updated) A Comparative Analysis of the Ideal of Community in the Thought of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. (New edition) by Walter Earl Fluker Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 1989 by University Press Of America ISBN-13: 978-0-8191-7262-4, ISBN: 0-8191-7262-6
"An analysis and comparison of the ideal of community in the thinking of Howard Thurman (1900-1981) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1926-1968). For both, the search for community was a life-long quest and the ideal of community was the single, underlying thesis of their thoughts and ministries. The significance of this study lies in its examination of each man's respective approaches to the explication and application of the ideal of commun ..."
The Ground Has Shifted The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity) by Walter Earl Fluker Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-1038-3, ISBN: 1-4798-1038-X
"A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the black church, the dilemmas it faces, and the roadmap for an ethical path forward. Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award If we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the U.S. will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices that are based on race how will that affect the church’s very ..."
The Ground Has Shifted(Reprint) The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity) by Walter Earl Fluker Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-9718-6, ISBN: 1-4798-9718-3
"A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the black church, the dilemmas it faces, and the roadmap for an ethical path forward. Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award If we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the U.S. will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices that are based on race how will that affect the church’s very ..."
The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman Volume 5: The Wider Ministry, January 1963-April 1981 (Non Series) by Walter Earl Fluker Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-949-1, ISBN: 1-61117-949-1
"The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a five-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most significant leaders in the history of intellectual and religious life in the mid-twentieth-century United States. The first to lead a delegation of African Americans to meet personally with Mahatma Gandhi, in 1936, Thurman later became one of the pr ..."
The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman The Soundless Passion of a Single Mind, June 1949-December 1962 (Non Series) by Walter Earl Fluker Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-804-3, ISBN: 1-61117-804-5
"The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a multivolume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most significant leaders in the intellectual and religious life of the United States in the mid-twentieth century. The first to lead a delegation of African Americans to meet with Mahatma Gandhi in 1936, Thurman later became one of the principal architec ..."
"The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman is a multivolume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most significant leaders in the intellectual and religious life of United States in the mid-twentieth century. The first to lead a delegation of African Americans to meet with Mahatma Gandhi in 1936, Thurman later became one of the principal architects o ..."
"dimension 2: civility The scores on the measures of the subdimensions of civility
—reverence, respect, and recognition—increased as a result of the program, but
only the respect subdimension reached traditional statistical significance.
Combining the three subdimensions, however, resulted in a statistically
significant increase in overall civility from pretest to post-test. Regarding the
reverence subdimension of the civility dimens ..."
"This is the landmark publication of the early writings of this pioneering voice for social justice. The "Papers of Howard Washington Thurman" is a four-volume, chronologically arranged documentary edition spanning the long and productive career of the Reverend Howard Thurman, one of the most significant leaders in the history of intellectual and religious life in the mid-twentieth-century United States. The first to lead a delegation of ..."