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Thurman, Howard (1900 -1981) JESUS AND THE DISINHERITED.
$750.00
Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, (1949)Â
First printing. An attempt to answer the question of why Christianity seems impotent to deal radically and effectively with issues of discrimination and injustice based on race, religion and national origin – an issue which Thurman, a minister and civil rights activist, Â wrote frequently about.
In his preface, he noted that the full development of his ideas were in a series of lectures – the Mary L. Smith Memorial Lectures  which he gave at Samuel Huston College, Austin, Texas in April 1948, and upon which this book is based. In it, he interprets the teachings of Jesus through the experiences of the oppressed and discusses nonviolent responses to this oppression.
According to Martin Luther King’s biographer, King studied this book during the Montgomery bus boycott. Â INSCRIBED by Thurman on the title page. Scarce in the first edition, especially signed. Â 112 pp. Â
Very good in burgundy boards with gilt lettering on the spine (light rubbing to lettering on spine, bookplate). Â 750.00 Â
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