Strength to Love » (2nd Edition)

The remarkable courage and deep conviction of Martin Luther King Jr. live on in this classic prophetic text, a veritable primer in the principles and practice of nonviolence. Despite nearly fifty years since its publication, Strength to Love reads as pertinently to our situation as it did in the midst of the civil rights movement. Yet Strength to Love is more than a blueprint of a movement; it is a template for personal authenticity in an age when vast social and economic change demand and depend on personal integrity. As King averred, "Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight vigorously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit." This brief classic holds the key to that transformation.

Foreword Coretta Scott King ix

Preface xiii

1 A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart 1

2 Transformed Nonconformist 11

3 On Being a Good Neighbor 21

4 Love in Action 31

5 Loving Your Enemies 43

6 A Knock at Midnight 53

7 The Man Who Was a Fool 65

8 The Death of Evil upon the Seashore 75

9 Shattered Dreams 87

10 How Should a Christian View Communism? 99

11 Our God Is Able 109

12 Antidotes for Fear 119

13 The Answer to a Perplexing Question 133

14 Paul's Letters to American Christians 145

15 Pilgrimage to Nonviolence 155

Sources 165