Rt Philip A Rahming

Gebundenes Buch

Martin Luther King Jr.

His Religion, His Philosophy

Beschreibung

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of destiny. Abraham Lincoln gave the blacks their freedom in America, King was to lead them to social justice. His association with white men as he matured changed from hatred to dislike to acceptance to friendship. This was his social preparation for his role; his studies in Theology and Philosophy were his intellectual and spiritual preparation. This book is a fascinating account of the inter-relationship of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the teachings and philosophies of the Church. While there are many books on, Dr. King, and while it would be impossible to write about him without studying these factors, the specific examination that Rev. Rahming covers lends a unique aspect not found in many books of much greater length. Perhaps one of the most significant aspects of this book is the way in which the author details how King saw the Church in regards to his civil rights mission and how his vision of the Church altered as his work progressed. This book makes fine supplementary reading material in Social Studies, Social Work, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, Black Studies and will serve pastors who deal with similar moral issues.

Autor

At the age of 14 years, Philip, the son of Arthur and Rebecca Rahming, was stricken with that deadly typhoid fever. Privately, the doctor attending him told his parents that he would not live, or if he did, he would be no good to himself or to society. But miraculously, however, Philip recovered to be a normal child. Upon recovery, the youth returned to his books and studied up to the Senior Cambridge Level. He worked at the Telecommunications Government Department first as a telegraphist and later as an accountant. Meanwhile he kept on studying. In September, 1961, Philip got enrolled at Calabar Theological College, Kingston, Jamaica. He graduated in May, 1965, he was ordained and installed as pastor of Kemp Road Mission Baptist Church in August of that same year. In 1967 Rahming was appointed chaplain to The Bahamas House of Assembly, now Parliament. He resigned in 1968 to attend Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. There he received both his Master of Divinity Degree and the Post Graduate Master of Theology Degree. Later he read for his Doctor of Ministry Degree at United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio. The Rev. Dr. Rahming served as president of The Bahamas Christian Council, 1977 to 1980 and from 1983 to 1986. In 1979 it was his special privilege to welcome his holiness Pope John Paul II to The Bahamas in a very brief stopover in the region from Latin America to Rome. At the time of CHOGM, (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) in Nassau Bahamas, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened Elizabeth Estate in the Eastern Section of New Providence. Dr. Rahming led the prayers. The Rev. Dr. Rahming wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, as well as the National Song: God Bless Our Sunny Clime. This song was the first runner up to the National Anthem written by the Rt. Hon. Timothy Gibson. In 2019, the government of The Bahamas honored the author of the pledge with the title the Right Honorable. Presently he is pastor of Rehoboth Global Ministry. In 2018, he was honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as an Officer of the Empire, OBE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Genre Library Solutions LLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9798330354214
• Artikelnr.: 71992596