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Lewis V. Baldwin - The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion - 9780268033552 - V9780268033552
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The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion

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Description for The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion Paperback. This volume explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr's understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law and politics. It focuses attention on King's refusal to separate religious faith and moral considerations from politics, legal matters and social reformism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HRCM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.

The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law, and politics. This fascinating work is part of a broader effort by scholars in various fields to examine unexplored areas in the life, thought, and activism of Martin Luther King, Jr., and it represents the first book length treatment of how King united moral-religious convictions and political activity. This timely study is also the first in-depth analysis of King’s views on the roles that religion and morality ought to play, not only in public debate concerning political ... Read more

Beginning with the social, political, and economic implications of King’s vision of the “New South” and his prophetic critique of southern civil religion, this pathbreaking study casts King in the role of “political liberal,” “consummate politician,” and “political theologian.” The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. focuses considerable attention on King’s refusal to separate religious faith and moral considerations from politics, legal matters, and social reformism. In so doing, it demonstrates King’s remarkable ability to transcend church-state boundaries and to formulate an alliance that permeated every facet of American life.

Featuring four chapters by Lewis V. Baldwin—a leading authority on King—as well as a chapter by Rufus Burrow, Jr., and one co-authored by Barbara Holmes and the Honorable Susan Holmes Winfield, this volume reveals how King moved beyond southern particularism to create a more democratic America and a more inclusive world. Among the topics covered are King’s relationship to various American political traditions and figures, King’s theories of civil disobedience and his understanding of the Constitution, and the influence of moral law and personal idealism on King’s teachings.

As debates over faith-based initiatives rage in America’s modern political arena, Baldwin’s lucid analysis of King’s writings on the boundaries that exist between church and state, politics and religion, offers a valuable resource to those engaged in public and private discussions of this important topic.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268033552
SKU
V9780268033552
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About Lewis V. Baldwin
Lewis V. Baldwin is professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University and author of several books on various aspects of the African American and southern religious experience, including three titles on the life, thought, and activism of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reviews for The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion
“The essays in this collection are a most welcome correction to the widely disseminated view of King as simply another integration-oriented civil rights leader. His legacy is accurately portrayed here as transcending the boundaries of law, politics, and religion, to embody in the twentieth century the spiritual essence of Jesus' teachings.” —Derrick Bell, author of Faces at the Bottom of ... Read more

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