A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in terms of the conditions and problems of contemporary society

When the deacons at Mark Beaver's Bible Belt church cue up an evangelical horror flick aimed at dramatizing Hell, he figures he'd better get right with God, and soon. Convinced he could die at age seven and spend eternity roasting on a spit in the fiery furnace of Hades, he promptly gets Saved. But once adolescence hits, the Straight and Narrow becomes a tight squeeze. But Suburban Gospel offers more than a look inside Bible Belt suburbia, circa...

"A religiously focused biography of Howard Thurman, one of the most significant progenitors of the Civil Rights movement"--