Solomon’s Son: The Wise Tenderness of Howard Thurman

February 28, 2019 | 41:04 mins

Donyelle McCray discusses Howard Thurman, civil rights leader, preacher, writer, mystic and thinker who was a mentor to Dr. King and the founder of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. Donyelle focuses on Thurman’s tenderness: how his mother and grandmother contributed to that tenderness, how Thurman himself cultivated it, and how his tenderness enabled his compassionate, connected ministry in the world. 

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