It is said that a copy of Thurman’s seminal work, Jesus and The Disinherited, was always with MLK’s bible. As a public theologian, he held a variety of academic positions, wrote more than twenty books, and was a significant influence on Martin Luther King, Jr. Howard Thurman was an African-American theologian and preacher during the early 20th century. – Howard Thurman, “ The Light of His Spirit ”, The Inward Journey
Hold them in Thy focus lest we perish and the spirit within us dies. Accept our lives, our Father - work them over. We place them before Thee as they are, encumbered and fragmented, with no hints, no suggestions, no attempts to order the working of Thy Spirit upon us.
Thurman authored more than twenty books including, Meditations of the Heart, The Inward Journey, Jesus and the Disinherited, The Centering Moment, The Creative Encounter, The Search for Common Ground and With Head and Heart, his autobiography.“ Accept the offering of our lives, O God we do not know quite what to do with them. Poet, Mystic, Philosopher and Theologian, Dr. Founder of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, the first interracial, interdenominational church in the united States, he was honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City.
as professor at Howard University School of Religion, and as Director of Religion Life at Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, Atlanta. He also served as Dean of Rankin Chapel, Howard University, Washington D.C. "In this book Howard Thurman is helping not merely to describe the Christian life, but to indicate how one is being invited to go on in and to live it." - Douglas SteereĪt the time of his death in 1981, Howard Thurman was Dean Emeritus of Marsh Chapel, Boston University, and Chairman of the board of trustees of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust in San Francisco. Thurman explores five major dimensions of the spiritual life: commitment, growing in wisdom and stature, suffering, prayer, and reconciliation The quiet Radiance and Certainty that illuminated Howard Thurman's faith shine like a beacon through every page of Disciplines of the Spirit.
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