American prophets: seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice
Princeton, N.J
Princeton University Press
Includes bibliographical references and index
Albert J. Raboteau
Abraham Joshua Heschel, prophet of divine pathos -- A. J. Muste: the redemptive power of nonviolent suffering -- Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement: doing the works of mercy -- Howard Thurman: in search of common ground -- Thomas Merton: contemplation in a world of action -- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: religion in US politics -- "Is this America?" Fannie Lou Hamer and the voices of local people