| Description |
xxii, 193 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Harvard dissertations in religion ; no. 31 |
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Harvard dissertations in religion ; no. 31.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Formative Influences and Dignity -- Daddy King -- The Reverend A. D. Williams -- Rural Southern Black Baptist Tradition -- The Wisdom of the "Mothers" -- Ch. 2. King's Early Concept of Dignity, 1955-1962 -- Method of Presentation -- Montgomery Sermons -- Expanding Reflections -- The Washington Prayer Pilgrimage, 1957 -- The Typology of History and Dignity -- A Nontheological Reworking: Pride and Hope -- Ch. 3. Philosophical Influences: Boston Personalism -- King's Apparent Eclecticism -- Bowne and Kant -- Edgar Sheffield Brightman -- L. Harold DeWolf -- Ch. 4. Philosophical Influences: Kant, Hegel, and Nonviolence -- Kant's Moral Nature of the Person -- King and Hegel -- Nonviolence -- Ch. 5. Theological Foundations: King's View of Humanity and Love -- Theological Anthropology -- The Centrality of Agape -- Ch. 6. King's Later View of Dignity, 1962-1968 -- Emancipation Proclamation and Declaration of Independence -- The "Battle" Based on Achievement -- Human Rights: The "Dream" and King's World Perspective -- The Last Years, 1966-1968: Somebodyness and the Dignity of Labor -- Ch. 7. Conclusions and Critique of King's View of Dignity as a Resource for a Theory of Dignity -- Gender Inclusion: A New Norm as Described by West, Cone, Cannon, and hooks -- King and the Women Close to Him -- King's Thought as a Resource for a Contemporary Theory of Dignity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Dignity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 20th century.
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Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 20th century.
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Theological anthropology -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 20th century.
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Dignity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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| ISBN |
0800670876 alkaline paper $11.95 |
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