The Measure of a Man - Softcover

King, Martin Luther

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614274150 ISBN 13: 9781614274155

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2013

Synopsis

2013 Reprint of 1959 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In August 1958 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached two sermons, "What is Man?" and "The Dimensions of a Complete Life," at the first National Conference on Christian Education of the United Church of Christ at Purdue University. In response to demands made by conference attendees, King allowed publication of the addresses. With King's consent, the sermons were published by the Christian Education Press in a short book entitled, "The Measure of a Man." The press and King arranged for proceeds to be shared evenly, after the former had recovered its costs of publication. King first developed the theme of "What Is Man?" during his seminary days. King believed the sermon's title to be "one of the most important questions confronting any generation," proposing that man is many things: "a biological being", "a being of spirit" who is "made in the image of God" and "sinners in need of God's divine grace".

About this title

About the Author:

Clayborne Carson is Director and Senior Editor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project. A history professor at Stanford University, he is the author of "In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s "(1981), and editor of "Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr". (1998) and "Malcolm X: The FBI File" (1991).

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1614274150
• ISBN 13: 9781614274155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44