Michael G. Long

Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College.

Career

Long has published numerous works on Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, Billy Graham, and Christian living. His books include First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson and The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Great Evangelist.

At Elizabethtown College he teaches courses on Christian social ethics, the Civil Rights Movement, and peace and conflict studies, and works with many notable colleagues including: Donald Kraybill and Jeffery D. Long, among others.

Degrees

• Ph.D, Emory University, 2000
• M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 1990
• B.A., Geneva College, 1985

Selected works

• Against Us, But for Us: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the State, Mercer University Press 2002, ISBN 0-86554-768-8
• Have the Time of Your Life: Living for God in Each Moment, Chalice Press 2003, ISBN 0-8272-1446-4
• Martin Luther King, Jr. on Create Living, Chalice Press 2004, ISBN 0-8272-0496-5
• Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America's Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr., Palgrave Macmillan 2006, ISBN 1-4039-6869-1
• God and Country: Diverse Perspectives on Christianity and Patriotism, Palgrave Macmillan 2007, ISBN 1-4039-7300-8
• First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson, Times Books 2007, ISBN 0-8050-8710-9
• The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Great Evangelist, Westminster John Knox Press 2008, ISBN 0-664-23138-1
• I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters (editor), City Lights 2012, ISBN 0-8728-6578-9
• Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers, Westminster John Knox Press 2015, ISBN 0-664-26047-0

External links

• Michael G. Long at Elizabethtown College
• Appearances on C-SPAN