The Beloved Community - Annotated by Charles Marsh (Paperback)

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About the Book "A 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."--Publisher marketing. Book Synopsis A 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 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.…