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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Overview
In this New York Times bestseller, author and biographer Eric Metaxas delves into the life of Martin Luther—a ung monk who ignited a religious revolution. Well-researched and engagingly written, this biography tells the true story of the man whose actions, 500 years later, are still ringing true today.
Much of what we know about or associate with Luther is either a myth or an exaggeration of the truth. Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World seeks to skingra the exaggerations and reveal the still very extradordinary truths about the life of this humble monk from Germany.
Published by Viking Press.
About the Author
Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Hi
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New biography of Martin Luther King Jr. undercuts a widely cited quote about Malcolm X
Updated May 16, 2023 at 9:48 AM ET
It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be rewritten — because King never actually said the words.
King never said he felt "Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice," author Jonathan Eig told NPR, despite that famous quote appearing in a 1965 interview with Alex Haley, for Playboy magazine.
"This is really important," Eig said, "because we've been teaching kids this quote from the Playboy interview."
The words King and Malcolm X said about each other are vital to understanding the relationship between two leaders who took different approaches to confronting systemic and deadly racism in America. Their rivalry was played up during their lives and in the years that followed, despit
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What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Means Today
The first time the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rocked me was when I was a 16-year-old sleeping on the top bunk of a prison cell in the Southampton Correctional Center. It was MLK Day. The only company I had for the 23 hours we spent in the cell on most days was public radio. And that entire day was about the Civil Rights Movement and the life of Dr. King. I wept listening to the radio, realizing, maybe for the first time, how fundamentally and profoundly I’d wasted my life. I thought I’d become my father. I was in prison for carjacking someone with a gun, and I’d committed the crimes a month after my 16th birthday. As a teenage boy in prison, I understood in ways that have long haunted me that I’d ruined my life by picking up a pistol in violence.
And yet, I must believe I did not ruin my life. The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is profoundly one of mercy and forgiveness. His philosophy of nonviolence is cognizab