The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subtitle: the boundaries of law, politics, and religion
By: by Lewis V. Baldwin with Rufus Burrow, Jr., Barbara A. Holmes, and Susan Holmes Winfield ; foreword by Clayborne Carson.
Contributors: Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949-
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Political and social views.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Religion.; Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Moral conditions.
Description: Explores the development of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s understanding of the relationship between religion, morality, law, and politics. Provides an in-depth analysis of King's views on the roles that religion and morality ought to play, not only in public debate concerning political choices and law, but also in efforts to create political and legal structures that are just and to perpetuate participatory democracy. 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. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To witness in Dixie : King, the New South, and southern civil religion / Lewis V. Baldwin; title: On the relation of the Christian to the state : the development of a Kingian ethic / Lewis V. Baldwin; title: American political traditions and the Christian faith : King's thought and praxis / Lewis V. Baldwin; title: King, the Constitution, and the courts : remaining awake through a great revolution / Barbara A. Holmes and Susan Holmes Winfield; title: Personalism, the objective moral order, and moral law in the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Rufus Burrow, Jr.; title: Beyond national borders : King, the United Nations, and global politics / Lewis V. Baldwin; title: Epilogue / by Roger D. Hatch.