Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1963
Description: Acceptable. Ex-library, usual libris markings. Underlining and marking, past owner's name stamp, several page corners folded over. No dust jacket. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Binding square and tight, pages are clean though lightly tanned, cover has slight shelfwear. 179 p. Pocket book edition 50001.. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Book has some water damage, but book is still completely readable. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1963
Description: VG- in Fair jacket. 8vo. 146 pp. Sturdy book with worn and sun-faded dust jacket. Generally clean church library withdrawal copy with no external stickers, stamps or other vestiges. One-line church stamp on title page; pocket in rear....Iowa City booksellers since 1978. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. FO stamp on eps, spine mark, o/w clean, tight, no marks inside; dj torn at tail of spine to show mark, G. 146 p. 22 cm. read more
Edition: Special Memorial Ed. printed at time of Dr. King's assassination
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Special April 1968 printing published after Dr. King's assassination. Clean cover and tight binding and uncracked spine, but has prev ownr name and underlining in first 50 pp. Also darkened with age. Solid copy of rare... 179 p. Memorial Edition stated on front cover. read more
"Dr. King's eloquence, rhetorical power and Christian witness inspire at every turn of phrase. each page is saturated with prophetic power. "Strength to Love" (1963) is a collection of sermons that Dr. King delivered in the late 1950s and 1960s and edited for print. I feel challenged to identify what the most powerful part of this book is. Every page seems to bear the best of the book's message. Dr. King's gospel of social justice and non-violence consistently radiates forth. Of special interest to me is Dr. King's explanation of the formative role of Gandhi's satyagraha movement on Dr. King and the civil rights and freedom movement. In at least one proleptic passage, Dr. King sounds the call against war, though it would not be until April 4, 1967 (yes, mysteriously one year to the day before he was assassinated) that he would explicitly warn us that our nation would lose her soul if it continued its involvement in Vietnam. The sermons are simply gorgeous. Dr. King weaves his own reflections and urgings with poetry, African-american spirituals, and philosophy. This is truly a book that transmits the transformative message of Jesus."
"Martin Luther King Jr. may be seen by many people, unfortunately, as a cliche historical figure. Everybody feels as though they know a lot about him, but in reality most people know nothing about him besides the fact that he was a civil rights leader who got assassinated. I personally have always wanted to pick up a book by MLK Jr. because I have never been satisfied with the info that black history television programs and school classes gave me. Don't get me wrong, those sources gave me good info, but I just yearned for more. Television programs would tell me of things such as the bus boycott, and MLK's marches, but I wanted to know more than just what he did. I wanted an in depth look at his character, and his thought processes, and this book gave me exactly what I was looking for. The insight that I gained about this man's way of thinking is incredible. His teachings and beliefs on love, forgiveness, and suffering are irrefutable. I see now why this man was an instrument of God used to bring a positive shift in this country and the world. This book humbled me, and honestly made me a better christian, a better thinker, and a better person. If you are one of those people who have only HEARD of MLK then you need to get this book, because there's a lot more you can learn about him than what you've heard. And I assure you that your new insights will change you for the better."
"I am not one for sermons outside of church, but these are more like sermons you'd here at an Ivy League school! Honestly, I'm more of a Malcolm X kind of girl, but the way this man writes is simply genius and cannot and should not be ignored. I know we all talk about him, have viewed his speeches, and heard his voice, but reading him is an entirely unique experience that you won't regret."
"Reading Martin Luther King's sermons is sort of surreal..words actually spoken by this incredible man. I enjoyed this. It is relevant to today's world. It also brought to light how deeply intertwined his faith was in everything that he said and did. That seems to be erased from a lot of the history I hear about this man. He was a man of God and I believe that is why he was so powerful."
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