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The History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York / Peter J. Paris ... [et al]. ; with a foreword by Martin E. Marty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paris, Peter J., Author.
- Series:
- Religion, race, and ethnicity The history of the Riverside Church in the city of New York
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Church history.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : New York University Press, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It was from the pulpit of the Riverside Church that Martin Luther King, Jr., first publicly voiced his opposition to the Vietnam War, that Nelson Mandela addressed U.S. church leaders after his release from prison, and that speakers as diverse as Cesar Chavez, Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu, Fidel Castro, and Reinhold Niebuhr lectured church and nation about issues of the day. The greatest of American preachers have served as senior minister, including Harry Emerson Fosdick, Robert J. McCracken, Ernest T. Campbell, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., and James A. Forbes, Jr., and at one time the New York
- Contents:
- Riverside Church and the development of 20th century American Protestantism / James Hudnut-Beumler
- Preachers for all seasons : the legacy of Riverside's free pulpit / Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
- A Christian vision of unity : an architectural history of the Riverside Church / John Wesley Cook
- Universal in spirit, local in character : the Riverside Church and New York City / Judith Weisenfeld
- The public witness of the Riverside Church : an ethical assessment / Peter J. Paris
- Congregations within a congregation : contemporary spirituality and change at the Riverside Church / Lawrence H. Mamiya.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-6864-4
- OCLC:
- 779828261
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