Clarence Jordan : a radical pilgrimage in scorn of the consequences / Frederick L. Downing.

"Using a corpus of family letters, his FBI file, and a series of interviews, Frederick L. Downing portrays Clarence Jordan as a pioneer (on the frontier of the New South), a prophet, and a moral exemplar. As a New Testament Greek scholar and founder of Koinonia Farm, there were two distinctive poles...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downing, Frederick L. (Author)
Corporate Author: Mercer University Press
Language:English
Published: Macon, GA : Mercer University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Jordan, Clarence.
Koinonia Farm.
Christian life.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:xviii, 310 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Talbotton
  • "Grump"
  • Gump: becoming a clown of God
  • The curse
  • Athens I: dancing to every tune
  • Athens II: climbing the mountain
  • Louisville
  • The Haymarket years
  • Koinonia I: man and event
  • Koinonia II: the outpost of a new order
  • Rehoboth: the struggle for the Southern soul
  • Too many enemies to leave: the boycott years
  • From the Egypt of the Confederacy: Clarence Jordan and the growth of prophetic consciousness
  • Evoking a new era: rewriting the Bible and culture
  • Rewriting Clarence: radical faith in the 1960s
  • An interlude in Africa
  • Evoking the new spirit
  • A dangerous memory: the legend and legacy of Clarence Leonard Jordan.