The Riverside Years, 2 Volumes: The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin

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ISBN: 9780664233006

By: William Sloan Coffin

Westminster John Knox Press / 2008 / Hardcover

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Something of a modern folk hero, Coffin embodied the best of liberal social activist Christianity. All of the sermons he preached as senior pastor at Riverside Church in Manhattan from 1977--1987 have been gathered together and edited, so everyone can savor his literary flair and passion. 1248 pages total, two hardcovers. Westminster/John Knox.

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Title: The Riverside Years, 2 Volumes: The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin
By: William Sloan Coffin
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 1256
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 2008

Dimensions: 9.25 X 6.13 (inches)
Weight: 4 pounds 7 ounces
ISBN: 0664233007
ISBN-13: 9780664233006
Stock No: WW233006

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Comprising the sermons preached by William Sloane Coffin while he was senior minister at the prestigious Riverside Church in New York City, The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years captures the renowned preacher and social activist at work: ministering to American hostages in Iran, supporting AIDS awareness, and rallying his audiences to battle poverty and nuclear proliferation--all the while celebrating marriages, baptisms, and Mother's Days and mourning the loss of loved ones, including his own son.

In each of these brilliant and painstakingly crafted sermons, Coffin combined his deep love of Scripture and passionate commitment to peace and justice with his unparalleled gift for the spoken word. While also revealing the personal and pastoral dimensions of his ministry, each sermon provides a powerful example of Coffin's well-accomplished mission: to challenge the conscience of a nation.

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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. Both Union Theological Seminary in New York and Yale University have established scholarships in his honor.Included in his works are Credo and A Passion for the Possible, both available from WJK.