Description
William Sloane Coffin challenged the nation with his passionate calls for social justice. In this best-seller, Coffin gives a powerful record of his remarkable public life, offering his inspiring words on issues ranging from charity and justice to politics and the meaning of faith.
About the Author
William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights Freedom Rider, indicted by the U.S. government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip.
Awards
Winner of Book of the Year (Top 10) 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9780664227074
Author William Sloane Coffin
Format Hardback
Page Count 210
Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
Publisher Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.