Reflections over the Long Haul: A Memoir - Hardcover

Brown, Robert McAfee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0664224040 ISBN 13: 9780664224042

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005

Synopsis

Robert McAfee Brown was one of the greatest public theologians of his day. He was a pacifist who enlisted as a chaplain in World War II and who later aligned himself with his students to resist the draft and protest the war during Vietnam; a supporter of civil rights who went on the Freedom Ride to Selma and fought for farm workers' rights; and an ecumenist who participated in interreligious dialogue among Protestant, Jews, and Roman Catholics.

This is his memoir, the story of a modest man who lived life according to his conscience and his faith and who was a model for responsible social activism within and outside of the church. Interspersed with his writing are thoughts from his family members on the turbulent and sometimes frightening events through which they all lived.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert McAfee Brown was a well-known theologian, writer, teacher, and social activist. He authored many books, including The Bible Speaks to You; Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide; Reclaiming the Bible; Religion and Violence; Theology in a New Key; and, a novel, Dark the Night, Wild the Sea, all published by Westminster John Knox Press.

From Booklist:

In his final years, theologian, teacher, and activist Brown assembled the story of his life. Not, he says, so that others might learn about his life, but so that others might learn about themselves by reading his story. Although he died before he could complete this task, and his family undertook to finish the book, it isn't mistaken to say of it, "Mission accomplished." In what reads more like a collection of essays than like an autobiography, Brown combines insights and reflections with self-effacing humor in engagingly recounting his experiences as minister, teacher, activist in the service of human rights and peace, suitor to his beloved wife, Sydney, and father. Relying upon Scripture as a guiding hand on the bicycle seat of his life's journey, he participated in some of the twentieth century's most tumultuous protests and got himself an arrest record and powerful enemies. The irony of such an intensely personal written memoir by a man who, as a minister and a teacher, preferred actions to words would not escape Brown. Donna Chavez
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About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0664224040
• ISBN 13: 9780664224042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336