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Jackie Robinson : a spiritual biography : the faith of a boundary-breaking hero / Michael G. Long and Chris Lamb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, Michael G., author.
- Lamb, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American baseball players--Biography.
- African American baseball players.
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in sports.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972--Religion.
- Robinson, Jackie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual...
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: "God Is with Us in This, Jackie": The Meeting of the Methodists
- Part One: The Exodus
- 1. "I Put My Trust in God and Moved": The Active Faith of Mallie Robinson
- 2. "To Seek to Help Others": The Spiritual Influence of Karl Downs
- 3. "You Are a Child of God": Refusing the Back of the Bus
- Part Two: A Boundary-Breaking Faith
- 4. "I Have Kept My Promise": Branch Rickey and the Push for Integration
- 5. "God Has Been Good to Us Today": Integrating the Minors
- 6. "I Get Down on My Knees and Pray": Integrating Major League Baseball
- Part Three: Fighting for Freedom
- 7. "Hoeing with God": An Impatient Faith
- 8. "Do You Know What God Did?": For King, against Malcolm
- 9. "The Good Lord Has Showered Blessings on Me and This Country": From Freedom National Bank to Vietnam
- 10. "I Guess the Good Lord Has a Job for Me": Heading Home
- Notes
- Index
- Excerpt from Peaceful Neighbor, by Michael G. Long.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Description based on print record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611648010
- 1611648017
- OCLC:
- 1127922591
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