In the Beginning

Echol Nix, Jr., Editor

ISBN 10: 0881465305 / ISBN 13: 9780881465303

Published by Mercer University Press, 2015

About this Item

The person, Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., to whom this book is dedicated, "A Festschrift on Honor of Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr." as stated on the title page, has inscribed this book on the half-title page. The inscription is to Dr. Robert Allan Hill, Dean of the Marsh Chapel of Boston University. The black cloth boards have white lettering on the spine. The corners are sharp and the spine ends stiff. The dust wrapper is clean and bright and without rips or tears. The only thing keeping this book from being Fine or As New is a slight bow to the boards.

Seller Inventory # SpSi219

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Beginning
• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881465305
• ISBN 13: 9780881465303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

In the Beginning highlights the history of the world's largest religious memorial to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspired essays on education, social justice, nonviolence, peace, ecumenism, and civil and human rights are offered in honor of Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr., founding dean of the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel. This book is a lasting tribute and valuable contribution to the history and educational mission of Morehouse College. Contributors include Lewis V. Baldwin, Thomas O. Buford, Delman L. Coates, Jason R. Curry, Norm Faramelli, Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Barbara Lewis King, Douglas E. Krantz, Bill J. Leonard, Otis A. Maxfield, Echol Nix, Jr., Harold Oliver, Peter Paris, Samuel K. Roberts, Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Harold Dean Trulear, Edward P. Wimberly, Vincent L. Wimbush, and Virgil Wood.

About the Author

Echol Nix, Jr., is an alumnus of Morehouse College (BA) with degrees from Vanderbilt University (MDiv) and Boston University (PhD, STM). He writes and teaches in the areas of religion and theology and is a past president of the North American Paul Tillich Society, an affiliate of the American Academy of Religion.