Consumed by hate, redeemed by love : how a violent Klansman became a champion of racial reconciliation
(Book)
Author
Published
Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson Inc., 2019.
Status
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Security Public Library - NONFICTION | 270.08 TARRA | On Shelf |
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Published
Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson Inc., 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 206 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includeds bibliographic references.
Description
As an ordinary high school student in the 1960s, Tom Tarrants became deeply unsettled by the social upheaval of the era. In response, he turned for answers to extremist ideology and was soon utterly radicalized. Before long, he became involved in the reign of terror spread by Mississippi's dreaded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, described by the FBI as the most violent right-wing terrorist organization in America. In 1969, while attempting to bomb the home of a Jewish leader in Meridian, Mississippi, Tom was ambushed by law enforcement and shot multiple times during a high-speed chase. Nearly dead from his wounds, he was arrested and sentenced to thirty years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm. Unrepentant, Tom and two other inmates made a daring escape from Parchman yet were tracked down by an FBI SWAT team and apprehended in hail of bullets that killed one of the convicts. Tom spent the next three years alone in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell. There he began a search for truth that led him to the Bible and a reading of the gospels, resulting in his conversion to Jesus Christ and liberation from the grip of racial hatred and violence. Astounded by the change in Tom, many of the very people who worked to put him behind bars began advocating for his release. After serving eight years of a 35-year sentence, Tom left prison. He attended college, moved to Washington, DC, and became copastor of a racially mixed church. He went on to earn a doctorate and became the president of the C. S. Lewis Institute, where he devoted himself to helping others become wholehearted followers of Jesus.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tarrants, T. A. (2019). Consumed by hate, redeemed by love: how a violent Klansman became a champion of racial reconciliation . Thomas Nelson Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tarrants, Thomas A. 2019. Consumed By Hate, Redeemed By Love: How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation. Thomas Nelson Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tarrants, Thomas A. Consumed By Hate, Redeemed By Love: How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation Thomas Nelson Inc, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tarrants, Thomas A. Consumed By Hate, Redeemed By Love: How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation Thomas Nelson Inc., 2019.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.