Clarence Jordan: Essential Writings

By Clarence Jordan

A true American prophet Clarence Jordan (1912-1969) was reared in the heart of the Southern Baptist Church. He passed up the options of scholarship or traditional ministry to found an interracial Christian community in Americus, Georgia at a time when preaching racial justice and equality could spark violence. His cooperative farm was repeatedly attacked by the KKK and subject to a total economic boycott. Through his sermons and his so-called Cotton Patch version of the Gospels--a "dynamic" translation of his own setting Jesus' life in a Southern context Jordan laid out a revolutionary vision of Christian community

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570754977
• ISBN13: 9781570754975
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"