The ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King is an excellent example of how one man’s Christian faith and ethic translates into pubic theology and public action.

The ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King is an excellent example of how one man’s Christian faith and ethic translates into pubic theology and public action.

The tragedy of slavery hangs over the American story like an overcast sky.  It’s unimaginable now that a whole class of people were once denied personhood and stripped of foundational human rights.  But then again, maybe not.  There is another whole class of people who are denied personhood and stripped of more than foundational human […]

The national remembrance of the great civil rights activist the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. occurs on the third Monday of each January in the USA.  If the African-American orator/activist were still living, this January 15th would mark his 89th birthday.  April 4th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination (April 4, 1968). […]

Everyone wants Martin Luther King Jr. on their side these days. You can see this in how people use his titles.  If you’re a scholar, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. works.  If you’re a churchman, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is better. If you’re a seminarian, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seems right.