Abernathy, Ralph David, 306
abolitionism, 26, 27–28, 48, 49, 52, 54, 89, 91, 98, 100
African National Congress (ANC), 233, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 246–47
Age of Discovery, 19
agriculture, 43–44
Aikman, David, 10
anti-Semitism, 161–62, 174, 280–81, 291
Auschwitz, 170, 260, 282, 284, 285
Balkans, 184
Barmen Declaration, 168
Barnett, Ferdinand, 116, 117, 121, 123
Barrett, W. H., 111
Barth, Karl, 163
Bernstein, Carl, 259, 261, 269, 270
Bethge, Eberhard, 165, 168, 171
bias, 346–47
black church, 115–16, 302–3, 316
Bojaxhiu, Aga Gonxha, 188
Bojaxhiu, Anjezë Gonxha. See Mother Teresa
Bojaxhiu, Drana Gonxha, 185, 186–87, 188
Bojaxhiu, Nikola Gonxha, 185, 186
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
“After Ten Years,” 170
Christianity, 163, 164–65, 174, 177
criticism, 172–75
death, 172
Discipleship, 168
ecumenism, 167
Ethics, 170
family, 162–63
Finkenwalde seminary, 168–69
German Church Struggle, 166–67
grace, 168
Harlem, 164
historical context, 160–62
imprisonment, 170–71
legacy, 172–75
life, 162–65
and Nazis, 160
pastor, 163–64
radicalism, 167
time line, 156–59
United States, 164
vocation, 166–72
British Empire, 18, 19, 29, 65–66, 136–37, 138, 144, 185, 326
Brown, Robert McAfee, 295
Brown v. Board of Education, 305–6
Burns, James MacGregor, 4
Calcutta. See Kolkata
Calvinism, 45–46
Cambridge University, 23–24
career, 12
Carter, Jimmy, 287
caste, 137, 145, 148–49. See also class
Catholicism, 186, 187, 198, 221, 223, 255, 256, 268, 270, 271
Chase, Salmon, 52
Chávez, Luis, 214
Christianity
and Abraham Lincoln, 46
and apartheid, 235–36
Calvinism, 45–46
corruption, 21
and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 163, 164–65, 174, 177
and Harriet Tubman, 94–95
and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 115, 124–25
and lynching, 122
and Nazi Germany, 160
circles of moral concern, 353
civil rights, 306, 307, 310, 313, 317
Civil Rights Act, 310
Civil War, 50–51, 52–53, 55, 56, 57–58, 88, 98–99, 102, 112
Clarke, Mary, 69
class, 22, 65, 66. See also caste
Clinton, Bill, 288
Clinton, Catherine, 90, 93, 95
colonialism, 19, 29, 67, 136–38, 140, 185, 209–10, 232, 234–35
communism, 161, 209, 233, 245, 257, 265, 267, 311
community, 13
concentration camps, 171, 282, 284
Confessing Church, 160, 166, 168
confession, 353
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 307–8
Constitution, 42
Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), 243
costly decisions, 352
Crimean War, 65, 66, 72, 75–76, 77
culture wars, 10–11
Dada, Carlos, 220
D’Aubuisson, Roberto, 222
Davis, Nelson, 99
Declaration of Independence, 42
defining leadership, 4–7
de Klerk, F. W., 242
de la Puenta, Luis, 212
Doctrine of Necessity, 46
Douglass, Frederick, 102
Dred Scott decision, 97–98
DuBois, W. E. B., 123
Durant, Henri, 82
Ebenezer Baptist Church, 303, 307
education, 68, 93, 259, 304–5, 234–35, 283, 351. See also girls’ education
El Salvador, 207–9, 210, 214, 217, 219, 223
Emancipation Proclamation, 52–53, 99
ethics, 9–11
exemplars, 345–46
fame, 11
family, 12–13, 22, 92–93, 95, 96–97, 102, 114–15, 117, 138–39, 162–63, 185–87, 188, 210–11, 257–58, 282–83, 351
farmers. See agriculture
Fazlullah, Maulana Sufi, 332–33
feminism, 70–71. See also gender; women
Ferguson, S. Alease, 4, 9, 127
following, 4–5
freedom, 352–53
Gandhi, Kasturbai, 138–39
Gandhi, Mohandas
criticism, 146–50
England, 139–40
family, 138–39
historical context, 136–38
hunger strike, 145
Indian independence, 144–45
law, 139
legacy, 146–50
life, 138–41
marriage, 138–39
politics, 143
privilege, 138
renunciation, 142–43
Salt March, 144
Satyagraha Ashram, 144
South Africa, 139, 140–41, 143–44, 146
time line, 132–34
vocation, 141–46
women, 149
See also caste; colonialism; Hinduism; India
Garrett, Thomas, 94
gender, 69, 88–89, 103. See also women
Germany, 161–61, 166–67, 169, 173–74, 256–57, 259–60, 279, 280, 281–82. See also Nazism
girls’ education, 328, 330, 333–34, 338
God, 45–46, 51–52, 74, 94–95, 103, 285–86, 289, 292
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 265
Grande, Rutilio, 207, 213, 215, 217
Great Depression, 301
Gregory, James, 241
Guinness, Os, 8
Hartill, Rosemary, 70
Hauerwas, Stanley, 9
Hayes, Rutherford B., 112
Hinduism, 138, 141, 145–46, 152, 185
historical context, 8–9, 12, 346, 355
Hitchens, Christopher, 197–98
Hitler, Adolf, 160, 162, 165, 168, 169, 171–72, 256–57, 281, 282. See also Germany; Nazism
Holocaust, 260, 279, 284, 285, 287–88, 289, 291, 292–93
Hull (England), 22–23
impact, 6
India, 136–38, 144–45, 146, 147, 185, 188, 199
Islam, 137, 145–46, 185, 326, 327, 331, 332, 339, 340
Jackson, Andrew, 43–44
Jambreković, Father, 187
Jefferson, Thomas, 42
Jesus Christ, 139, 148, 165, 168, 183–84, 192, 236, 280
Jews, Judaism, 161–62, 166–67, 172, 256–57, 260–61, 280–82, 283–84, 285–86, 287, 288–89, 290, 291, 292
John Paul II (pope)
archbishop of Cracow, 263
assassination attempt, 265
canonization, 271
capitalism, 267–68
cardinal, 263
and Catholicism, 255, 268, 270, 271
criticism, 267–71
education, 259
election and installation, 263–64
Evangelium Vitae, 255, 264, 266
family, 257–58
historical context, 255–57
influence, 271
interreligious dialogue, 266–67, 268
legacy, 267–71
life, 257–60
Parkinson’s disease, 267
and poverty, 270
rise in church, 262–63
sex abuse scandal, 70
theology, 261–62
time line, 252–54
travels, 263–64
vocation, 260–67
and West, 265
and women, 269
Johnston, Sarah Bush, 44–45
Jongintaba (chief), 234
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 48–49
KidsRights, 334
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination, 312
character, 315
civil disobedience, 308
criticism, 312–17
education, 304–5
historical context, 301–3
legacy, 312–17
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 308–9
life, 303–5
Nobel Peace Prize, 310
social critique, 310, 313, 316
time line, 298–300
vocation, 305–12
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 303–4
lady with a lamp, 64
Larson, Kate Clifford, 93, 95, 97, 103, 105
Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), 213
Lean, Garth, 24, 27–28, 31, 32, 35
liberation, 346
Lincoln, Abraham
assassination, 53
criticism, 53–56
depression, 54
Gettysburg Address, 53
God, 51–52
historical context, 42–44
House Divided speech, 49–50
legacy, 53–56
lessons, 57–58
life, 44–47
“Meditation on the Divine Will,” 51–52
political campaigns, 41, 47–48
second inaugural address, 53
slavery, 41, 43, 44, 48–50, 51, 52–53, 55–56, 98–99
time line, 38–40
vocation, 47–53
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 44
lives, personal, 12, 22–24, 44–47, 68–72, 92–95, 114–17, 138–41, 162–65, 210–13, 234–37, 257–60, 282–84, 303–5, 328–32
Living Way, 118
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 64
lynching, 113–14, 119–20, 121–22, 124, 125, 128–29
Machal, Grace, 237
Mackintosh, James, 33
Madikizela, Nomzamo Winifred (Winnie) Zanyiwe, 237
Madoff, Bernie, 292
Malcolm X, 314–15
Mandela, Nelson
athletics, 236
banned, 238–39
Christianity, 235–36
courage, 231
criticism, 244–47
Defiance Campaign, 238
education, 234–35
freedom, 242
historical context, 232–34
imprisonment, 240–42
legacy, 244–47
life, 234–37
Madiba, 231
marriage and divorce, 236–37, 246
Nobel Peace Prize, 243
“No Easy Walk to Freedom” speech, 239
president, 243–44
time line, 228–30
transformation, 231
trial, 239
vocation, 238–44
March on Washington, 309
Maryland, 89
Mase, Evelyn Ntoko, 236–37
Mauriac, François, 286
McClellan, George, 55
McClendon, James, 9
McKinley, William, 122
Mill, John Stuart, 80
Miller, Basil, 82
Milner, Isaac, 25
Milnes, Richard, 71
MK, 240
Montgomery bus boycott, 305, 306, 307
Mossell, N. F., 129
Mother Teresa
celibacy, 188
criticism, 194–200
death, 194
donations, 195
historical context, 184–85
legacy, 194–200
leprosy, 190
loss of God, 192
medical care, 195–96
Missionaries of Charity, 190, 192–93, 194, 195, 196
radicalism, 183–84
slums, 190
time line, 180–82
travels, 193–94
vocation, 189–94
Murray, Gilbert, 152
Musharraf, Pervez, 327
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2, 123, 302, 307
National Association of Colored Women, 122–23
National Guard (El Salvador), 208, 214, 215, 219
Nazism, 160, 162, 166–67, 168, 170, 173–74, 256, 259–61, 279, 280, 281–82. See also Germany
Negro Fellowship League, 123
New York Age, 120
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 305
Nightingale, Fanny, 68
Nightingale, Florence
call, 72–73
“Cassandra,” 71
celibacy, 71–72
Crimean War, 65, 66, 72, 75–76, 77
criticism, 78–81
education, 68
feminism, 70–71
historical context, 65–68
legacy, 78–81
lessons, 81–82
life, 68–72
marriage, 71
medical care, 66–67, 76–77, 78, 80, 81
nurse, 64, 65, 66, 70, 72–73, 76, 80
social reformer, 65, 70, 78, 79, 80
theology, 73
time line, 62–63
vocation, 72–78
Nightingale, William, 68
Ortiz, Octavio, 217
Pakistan, 325, 326–27, 328, 340
Parliament (England), 24, 25, 26–27, 29, 30
Pashtun people, 326
Plessy v. Ferguson, 302
Poland, 255–57, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265
Politi, Marco, 259, 261, 269, 270
possibilities, 353
poverty, 67, 69, 81, 82–83, 185, 223–34, 270, 310, 311
purpose, 6
race, racism, 43, 89, 103, 126, 127–28, 140–41, 146, 164–65, 232–33, 302
race riots, 113
Rauschenbusch, Walter, 304
Reagan, Ronald, 288
Reconstruction, 112
relationships, 13
religion, 3–4, 7–8, 10, 141, 145–46, 147–48, 351–52
Republicans, 50
respect, 13
Rivero y Damas, Arturo, 215
Romero, Carlos Humberto (general), 216, 217
Romero, Guadalupe, 210–11
Romero, Oscar
archbishop, 214
asceticism, 211
canonization, 223
criticism, 218–24
death, 217–18
faith, 221
family, 210–11
guilt, 21
historical context, 207–10
life, 210–13
la misa única, 214–15
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 212
ordination, 212–13
poverty, 215, 216, 220, 223–24
time line, 204–6
vocation, 213–18
Romero, Santos, 210–11
Rose, Marion, 289
Ross, Araminta. See Tubman, Harriet
Rubenstein, Richard, 285
Russia, 257, 265. See also Soviet Union
Saints, the (Clapham Sect), 27, 32
Sandinistas, 217
Sapieha, Adam, 261
Savaria, Alvaro Rafael, 222
Scott, Coretta (King), 301, 305, 315
Scripture, 21
segregation, 112, 117–18, 301–2, 304, 305, 306, 307
Selma campaign, 309–10
Seward, William, 98
Sharpeville Massacre, 239
slavery
and Abraham Lincoln, 41, 43, 44, 48–50, 51, 52–53, 55–56, 98–99
and Christianity, 21, 91–92, 94
and Civil War, 52–53, 88, 98–99, 102
freed, 112
Fugitive Slave Act, 91
and Harriet Tubman, 97, 98, 99
states, 89
and William Wilberforce, 18, 26–29, 30
Society for the Suppression of Vice, 26
solidarity, 346
South Africa, 139, 140–41, 143–44, 146, 231, 232–47
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 307, 308
Soviet Union, 209, 256, 257, 265, 270, 327
Spooner, Barbara, 24
Stevens, Thaddeus, 53
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 308
study of moral leaders, 11–14, 345, 348
supersessionism, 174
Swat Valley, 326, 329, 331–32, 334
Sweet, Victoria, 67
Taliban, 315, 327, 331, 332–33, 334–35, 338, 340. See also Yousafzai, Malala
Tambo, Oscar, 235, 238, 239, 242
Thérèse of Lisieux (saint), 189
thinking, 11
Todd, Mary, 46–47
Townes, Emilie, 113–14, 126, 127
tradition, 7–8
tragedy, 350–51
transcendence, 11
Treaty of Versailles, 161
Trimiew, Darryl, 129
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 243, 244–45
Tubman, Bradford, 99
Tubman, Harriet, 65
Christianity, 94–95
criticism, 100–104
death, 100
education, 93
escape, 96
historical context, 89–92
injury, 93
life, 92–95
military, 99
radicalism, 101–2
time line, 86–87
violence, 101–2
vocation, 95–100
women’s suffrage, 99–100
See also Underground Railroad
Turner, Nat, 90
Tutu, Desmond, 233, 242, 244, 334
uMkhonto we Sizwe, 240
Underground Railroad, 88, 96, 97
Unitarianism, 70
United States Holocaust Museum, 287–88, 291
USSR. See Soviet Union
Vatican II, 262
Vesey, Denmark, 90
Victoria, Queen, 66
violence, 239–40, 245–46, 347. See also Gandhi, Mohandas: nonviolence; King, Martin Luther, Jr.: nonviolence
Voting Rights Act, 310
Walesa, Lech, 257
Walker, Alice, 89
Walker, Graham, 292
Wallenberg, Raoul, 282
Wannsee Conference, 280
Washington, Booker T., 123
Webb, Val, 74
Wedermeyer, Maria von, 165, 171
Weimer Republic, 161
Wells, Elizabeth, 114
Wells, James, 114–15
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
criticism, 124–28
faith, 115–16
historical context, 112–14
journalism, 1–2, 118–20, 125, 128
legacy, 124–28
life, 114–17
marriage, 116
morality, 126–27
segregation, 117–18
social activism, 116, 122–24, 127
speaker, 121
time line, 108–10
violence, 126
vocation, 117–24
See also lynching; rape
Wesley, John, 21
West Indies, 19–20
Wiesel, Elie
criticism, 290–94
education, 283
faith, 283, 285–86, 289–90, 292
family, 282–83
historical context, 280–82
and Israel, 293
Kingdom of Memory, 288–89
legacy, 290–94
life, 282–84
moral responsibility, 288–89
Nobel Peace Prize, 288
and Palestinians, 293
time line, 276–78
vocation, 285–90
writer, 279–80, 287, 288, 290, 294
Wiesel, Shlomo Elisha, 282, 284
Wiesenthal, Simon, 293
Wilberforce, William
criticism, 30–34
epitaph, 33–34
faith, 25–26
family, 22
historical context, 19–22
leadership, 29–30
legacy, 30–34
lessons, 34–35
life, 22–24
politics, 25–27
time line, 16–17
vocation, 25–30
Willard, Frances, 123
Williams, Dolores, 103
Wojtyla, Karol. See John Paul II
Wojtyla, Karol (father), 257–58
women, 65, 66, 69–71, 77, 80, 112–13, 149, 174, 269, 317, 328, 333, 338, 340. See also gender
World War II, 169, 257, 281, 291, 301–2
Wright, Scott, 220
Yousafzai, Malala
autobiography, 331–32
Birmingham (UK), 336–37
blog, 334
criticism, 337–41
education, 325, 330–31, 334, 337–38, 339
feminism, 340
and General Zia, 328
hijab, 333
historical context, 326–28
as internationally displaced person, 334
legacy, 337–41
life, 328–32
Nobel Peace Prize, 337
surgery, 335–36
threats, 334–35
time line, 322–24
United Nations speech, 325, 331, 337
vocation, 332–37
and West, 340–41
See also Malala Fund; Taliban
Yousafzai, Toor Pekai, 328, 329–30, 334–35, 337
Yousafzai, Ziauddin, 328–29, 330, 333, 335, 336–37, 339
Zierer, Edith, 216
Zynda, Damian, 212