While this book is not without merit-I learned a lot about the history and meaning of the Beloved Community and more context for King’s life-it’s a white male Episcopalian’s take on the ‘meaning’ of the friendship between Thay and King, and so sometimes his projections hit me a little weird. In Brothers in the Beloved Community, Marc Andrus tells the little-known story of a friendship between two giants of our time.more Thich Nhat Hanh, Andrus shows, took the lineage of the Beloved Community from King and carried it on after his death. had been popularizing through his work for some time. The two men bonded over a vision of the Beloved Community: a vision described recently by Congressman John Lewis as “a nation and world society at peace with itself.” It was a concept each knew of because of their membership within the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international peace organization, and that Martin Luther King Jr. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.” He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. He wrote: “Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. King nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. This friendship between two prophetic figures from different religions and cultures, from countries at war with one another, reached a great depth in a short period of time. There was an unexpected outcome of Nhat Hanh’s letter to King: The two men met in 19 and became not only allies in the peace movement, but friends. as part of his effort to raise awareness and bring peace in Vietnam. Only a few years earlier, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote an open letter to Martin Luther King Jr. This morning I have the impression that I cannot bear the loss.” I am afraid the root of violence is so deep in the heart and mind and manner of this society. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. and Thich Nhat Hanh-icons who changed each other and the world I am The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh-icons who changed each other and the world The day after Martin Luther King Jr. The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr.

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