William Sloane Coffin

Broschiertes Buch

Credo

Beschreibung

William Sloane Coffin challenged the nation with his passionate calls for social justice. In this best-seller, Coffin gives a powerful record of his remarkable public life, offering his inspiring words on issues ranging from charity and justice to politics and the meaning of faith.

Autor

William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights Freedom Rider, indicted by the U.S. government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip. Both Union Theological Seminary in New York and Yale University have established scholarships in his honor.Included in his works are Credo and A Passion for the Possible, both available from WJK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Westminster John Knox Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780664229481
• ISBN-10: 0664229484
• Artikelnr.: 21642570