The liberatory thought of Martin Luther King Jr. : critical essays on the philosopher King / edited by Robert E. Birt.

Includes bibliographical (pages 357-364) references and index.

Is our belief that Martin Luther King Jr. is a black philosopher justified? : introductory concerns about King and philosophical cartography / John H. McClendon III -- Dr. King's philosophy of religion : theology of somebodiness / George Yancy -- Dr. King as liberation theologian and existential philosopher / James B. Haile III -- The philosopher King : an examination of the influence of dialectics on King's political thought and practice / Stephen C. Ferguson II -- Martin Luther King Jr. as social movement intellectual : trailblazer or torchbearer? / Maurice St. Pierre -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s agape and world house / Richard A. Jones -- King's radical vision of community / Robert E. Birt --- Martin Luther King Jr. : toward a democratic theory / Tim Lake -- King, Levinas, and the praxis of peace / Scott Davidson and Maria del Guadalupe Davidson -- Martin Luther King Jr. on Vietnam : King's message applied to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan / Gail M. Presbey -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Frantz Fanon : reflections on the politics and ethics of violence and nonviolence / Kathryn T. Gines -- A shocking gap made visible : King's pacifist materialism and the method of nonviolent social change / Greg Moses -- Socrates, Thoreau, Gandhi, and the philosopher/activist Dr. King : politics of civil disobedience and the ethics of nonviolent action / Benjamin O. Arah -- Hope and disappointment in Martin Luther King Jr.'s political theology : eclipse of the liberal spirit / Floyd W. Hayes III -- The aporia of hope : King and Bell on the ending of racism / Bill E. Lawson -- The concept of hope in the thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Clanton C.W. Dawson Jr.