The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. : the boundaries of law, politics, and religion / by Lewis V. Baldwin with Rufus Burrow, Jr., Barbara A. Holmes, and Susan Holmes Winfield ; foreword by Clayborne Carson.
Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949-
2002
E185.97.K5 L35 2002 (Mapit)
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Title The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. : the boundaries of law, politics, and religion / by Lewis V. Baldwin with Rufus Burrow, Jr., Barbara A. Holmes, and Susan Holmes Winfield ; foreword by Clayborne Carson.
ISBN 0268033552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0268033544 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2002.
Language English
Description xx, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number E185.97.K5 L35 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.973
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949-
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To witness in Dixie : King, the New South, and southern civil religion / Lewis V. Baldwin
On the relation of the Christian to the state : the development of a Kingian ethic / Lewis V. Baldwin
American political traditions and the Christian faith : King's thought and praxis / Lewis V. Baldwin
King, the Constitution, and the courts : remaining awake through a great revolution / Barbara A. Holmes and Susan Holmes Winfield
Personalism, the objective moral order, and moral law in the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Rufus Burrow, Jr.
Beyond national borders : King, the United Nations, and global politics / Lewis V. Baldwin
Epilogue / by Roger D. Hatch.

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