Lewis M Baldwin

Lewis V. Baldwin

Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin is a historian, author, and professor specializing in the history of the black churches in the United States. He is the acknowledged expert on...

Lewis V. Baldwin

Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin is an historian, author, and professor specializing in the history of the black churches in the United States. He is the acknowledged expert ...

Plenty Good Room Student: A Bible Study Based on African-American Spirituals

This unique short-term Bible study combines an in-depth look at Scripture, American history, and the musical melodies and rhythms of African American spirituals! The six-session study provides biblical, social, and historical analyses of the spirituals: "Rock-a My Soul," "Go Down Moses," "Balm in Gi...

This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight (Modern South)

This Bright Light of Ours offers a tightly focused insider’s view of the community-based activism that was the heart of the civil rights movement. A celebration of grassroots heroes, this book details through first-person accounts the contributions of ordinary people who formed the nonviolent army t...

"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice (King Legacy)

An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King—in his own words Too many people continue to think of Martin Luther King, Jr., only as “a Southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world....

"Thou, Dear God": Prayers That Open Hearts and Spirits (King Legacy)

"Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance, special occasions, times of adversity, times of trial, uncertain times, and social justice--Baptist minister and King scholar L...

To Make the Wounded Whole

Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Based on years of original research, Never to Leave Us Alone is the first book-length treatment of the prayer life of the famed religious and civil rights leader. Drawing on personal prayers that King recited as a seminarian and graduate student, preacher, pastor, and then civil rights leader, award...

Legacy Of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion

This volume explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr's understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law and politics. This work is part of a broader effort by scholars in various fields to examine unexplored areas in the life, thought and activism of Martin Luther King, Jr...

The Voice of Conscience: The Church in the Mind of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated widely as the quintessential model of Christian activism in his time, but his understanding of and vision for the church has been surprisingly neglected. In this book, Lewis V. Baldwin contends that King was fundamentally a man of the church. Beginning with King...