Howard Thurman: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)

Howard Thurman (1900 1981), minister, philosopher, civil rights activist, has been called one of the greatest spiritual resources of this nation. His encounters with Gandhi in India helped instill his commitment to nonviolence. His identification of Jesus as one of the disinherited helped shape the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. His embrace of wisdom from other religious traditions emboldened interfaith cooperation and understanding.