{"id":5072,"date":"2014-09-25T09:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2014-09-25T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:11:03","slug":"the-best-selling-preacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2014\/09\/25\/the-best-selling-preacher\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Selling Preacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>Several books by the Reverend David Wilkerson and his followers are in the Santo Domingo Collection.\u00a0\u00a0 Wilkerson, an evangelic pastor who moved to New York because he felt called to help young gang members and drug addicts, recounts his success stories in books like The Cross and the Switchblade <\/em>and Hey, Preach\u2026You\u2019re coming through<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0Also included in the collection are books by Nicky Cruz, one of Wilkerson\u2019s greatest success stories, like Run Baby Run<\/em> an autobiographical account of his gang life and recovery.<\/p>\n

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Wilkerson, born into a religious family, devoted his life to the church and began preaching at a very young age.\u00a0 After hearing about young men on trial for gang related offenses, he went to New York, ran into the courtroom and tried, unsuccessfully, to disrupt the trial. \u00a0Not to be discouraged, he later\u00a0founded the recovery group Teen Challenge to work with teen addicts and gang members. \u00a0Wilkerson also founded the Time Square Church; a nondenominational ministry where he preached personal connection with Jesus and God. \u00a0The Cross and the Switchblade<\/em>, Wilkerson\u2019s first book was a national best seller and was eventually turned into a movie starring Pat Boone and Erik Estrada.\"Run<\/a><\/p>\n

These books, with graphic and eye catching covers, seem to be marketed as thrilling stories for general consumption and not marketed for church and religious groups specifically. \u00a0 \u00a0Showing both the dark side of addiction and violence, as well as the ultimate salvation of the church, the books weave impressive and gripping tales. The Cross and the Switchblade<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Hey, Preach\u2026You\u2019re coming through<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Get your hands off my throat <\/a><\/em>by Wilkerson can be found in the Widener Library collection.\u00a0 Run Baby Run <\/em><\/a>and The Lonely Now<\/em><\/a> by Cruz are also available.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Emma Clement, Santo Domingo Library Assistant, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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