Rufus Burrow

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Theology of Resistance

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Produktbeschreibung

It has been nearly fifty years since Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Appraisals of King's contributions began almost immediately and continue to this day. The author explores a great many of King's chief ideas and socio-ethical practices: his concept of a moral universe, his doctrine of human dignity, his belief that not all suffering is redemptive, his brand of personalism, his contribution to the development of social ethics, the inclusion of young people in the movement, sexism as a contradiction to his personalism, the problem of black-on-black violence, and others. The book reveals both the strengths and the limitations in King's theological socio-ethical project, and shows him to have relentlessly applied personalist ideas to organized nonviolent resistance campaigns in order to change the world. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780786477869
• ISBN-10: 0786477865
• Artikelnr.: 40873880

Autorenporträt

The late Rufus Burrow, Jr., was Indiana Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of Theological Social Ethics, Emeritus, at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
ix Foreword by Dwayne A. Tunstall
1 Introduction
5 Part I:
Man of Ideas and Ideals 1.
The Universe as Fundamentally Moral
17 2.
The Church and a Value-Fused Universe
30 3.
Doctrine of Human Dignity
41 4.
Personalism and Moral Laws
58 5.
The King Type of Personalism
71 6.
Reflections on King as Theological Social Ethicist
90 Part II:
Pursuing the Dream 7.
The Humanity of King and the Continued Vigilance in Pursuing His Dream
111 8.
Josiah Royce and the Beloved Community
120 9.
Call to Establish the Beloved Community
134 10.
When a King Dreamed in Public
150 11.
Contributions of Children and Young People
168 12.
Not All Suffering Is Redemptive
188 Part III:
Where Do We Go from Here? 13.
Sexism as Contradiction to King's Personalism
199 14.
King and Intra-Community Black Violence
215 15.
White Moderates, White Liberals and King's Dream
229 Chapter Notes
245 Bibliography
269 Index
275