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A Strange Freedom
The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life
by Howard Thurman, Catherine Tumber, Walter E. Fluker, Martin E. Marty, Walter Earl Fluker
Hardcover, 340 Pages, Published 1998 by Beacon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1056-3, ISBN: 0-8070-1056-1

"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 ..."






The Unfinished Search for Common Ground
Reimagining Howard Thurman's Life and Work
by Walter E. Fluker, Walter Earl Fluker
Paperback, Published 2023 by Orbis Books 2023-06-01, Maryknoll, New York
ISBN-13: 978-1-62698-511-7, ISBN: 1-62698-511-1

""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 ."






Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Earl Fluker, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Walter E. Massey
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2013 by Cascade Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-62032-262-8, ISBN: 1-62032-262-5

"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






Democracy and the Soul of America
(Walking with God: The Sermons Series of Howard Thurman)
by Walter Earl Fluker, Howard Thurman, Peter Eisenstadt
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2022 by Orbis Books 2022-12-22, Maryknoll, New York
ISBN-13: 978-1-62698-498-1, ISBN: 1-62698-498-0






Reclaiming the Great World House
The Global Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. (The Morehouse College King Collection Series on Civil and Human Rights Ser.)
by Lewis V. Baldwin, Robert Franklin, Vicki L. Crawford, Victor Anderson, Teresa Delgado, Larry Rivers, Nimi Wariboko, Rufus Burrow Jr, Crystal A. Degregory, Walter E. Fluker, Mary E. King, Hak Joon Lee, Althea Legal-Miller, Michael B. Mccormack, Gary S. Selby, Amy E. Steele, Rosetta E. Ross, Rosetta Ross
Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5604-4, ISBN: 0-8203-5604-2

"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 Walter E. 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 ..."






Reclaiming the Great World House
The Global Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. (The Morehouse College King Collection Series on Civil and Human Rights Ser.)
by Lewis V. Baldwin, Vicki L. Crawford, Robert Franklin, Victor Anderson, Rufus Burrow Jr, Crystal A. Degregory, Teresa Delgado, Walter E. Fluker, Mary E. King, Hak Joon Lee, Althea Legal-Miller, Michael B. Mccormack, Larry Rivers, Rosetta Ross, Gary S. Selby, Amy E. Steele, Nimi Wariboko
Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5602-0, ISBN: 0-8203-5602-6

"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 ..."






A Strange Freedom(1st Edition)
The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life
by Howard Thurman, Catherine Tumber, Walter Earl Fluker, Martin E. Marty
Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 1999 by Beacon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1057-0, ISBN: 0-8070-1057-X

"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 ..."






They Looked for a City(Illustrated)
by Walter Earl Fluker
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 1989 by Upa
ISBN-13: 978-0-8191-7263-1, ISBN: 0-8191-7263-4

"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 ..."






Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
(Hardback Or Cased Book)
by Walter Earl Fluker
Hardcover, Published 2013 by Cascade Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4982-1561-9, ISBN: 1-4982-1561-0






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
The Bold Adventure, September 1943-May 1949 (Non Series)
by Walter Earl Fluker, Howard Thurman
Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-541-7, ISBN: 1-61117-541-0

"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 ..."






Educating Ethical Leaders for the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Earl Fluker
132 Pages, Published 2013 by Wipf And Stock Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-62189-547-3, ISBN: 1-62189-547-5

"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 ..."






The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman
My People Need Me, June 1918-March 1936 (Non Series)
by Howard Washington Thurman, Walter Earl Fluker, Catherine Tumber, Peter Eisenstadt, Quinton H. Dixie, Kai Jackson Issa, Quinton Hosford Dixie
Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-804-4, ISBN: 1-57003-804-X

"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 ..."



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