Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography: The Faith of a Boundary-Breaking Hero - Softcover

Long, Michael G.; Lamb, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664262031 ISBN 13: 9780664262037

Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2017

Synopsis

Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography explores the faith that, Robinson said, carried him through the torment and abuse he suffered for integrating the major leagues and drove him to get involved in the civil rights movement. Marked by sacrifice and service, inclusiveness and hope, Robinson’s faith shaped not only his character but also baseball and America itself.

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About the Authors

Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College and is the author or editor of several books on civil rights, religion and politics, and peacemaking in mid-century America, including Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Faith of Mister Rogers, Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball, and First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson, which was named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly.

Chris Lamb is Professor of Journalism at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis. He teaches sports journalism, serves on the staff of the National Sports Journalism Center, and is the author or editor of six books, including Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball and Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First Spring Training.

Edition details

• Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0664262031
• ISBN 13: 9780664262037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212