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God and Human Dignity

The Personalism, Theology, and Ethics of Martin Luther King, JR. [Hardback]

by Rufus Burrow

    • Author

      Rufus Burrow

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University of Notre Dame Press

    • Published

      April 2006

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      Although countless books have been devoted to the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., few, if any, have focused on King's appropriation of, and contribution to, the intellectual tradition of personalism. Emerging as a philosophical movement in the early 1900s, personalism is a type of philosophical idealism that has a number of affinities with Christianity, such as a focus on a personal God and the sanctity of persons. Burrow points to similarities and dissimilarities between personalism and the social gospel movement with its call to churchgoers to involve themselves in the welfare of both individuals and society. He argues that King's adoption of personalism represented the fusion of his black Christian faith and his commitment not only to the social gospel of Rauschenbusch, but most especially to the social gospelism practiced by his grandfather, father, and black preacher-scholars at Morehouse College. Burrow devotes much-needed attention both to King's conviction that the universe is value-infused and to the implications of this ideology for King's views on human dignity and his concept of the "Beloved Community." Burrow also sheds light on King's doctrine of God.He contends that King's view of God has been uncritically and erroneously relegated by black liberation theologians to the general category of "theistic absolutism," and he offers corrections to what he believes are misinterpretations of this and other aspects of King's thought. He concludes with an application of King's personalism to present-day social problems, particularly as they pertain to violence in the black community. This book is a useful and fresh contribution to our understanding of the life and thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. It will be read with interest by ethicists, theologians, philosophers, and social historians.

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      • Author

        Rufus Burrow

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        University of Notre Dame Press

      • Published

        April 2006

      • Edition

        Annotated edition

      • Weight

        600g

      • Page Count

        400

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780268021948

      • ISBN-10

        0268021945

      • Eden Code

        1191121

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      • Author/Creator: Rufus Burrow

      • ISBN: 9780268021948

      • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

      • Release Date: April 2006

      • Weight: 600g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 1191121

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