MLK

Westminster, Why Are You Still Celebrating the Plagiarist?

Posted by T on January 18, 2010
Current Discourse / 3 Comments

That he represented a theology that founder Gresham Machen dedicated Continue reading…

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What is non-violence?

Posted by T on January 19, 2009
20th century, Current Discourse, History / 2 Comments

Last year to celebrate today’s holiday I outlined Michael “Martin Luther” King’s chronic cheatin’ ways, exemplified in Continue reading…

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Westminster Honors

Posted by T on January 21, 2008
Current Discourse / 20 Comments

Guess which of the following are honored at Westminster Theological Seminary with a day off. You may select more than one of course. (Note: you may regard one of the selections as a joke.) Continue reading…

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Martin Luther King’s Plagiarism

Posted by T on January 21, 2008
20th century, Current Discourse / 6 Comments

And now comes Rev Michael Eric Dyson to defend Martin Luther King’s plagiarism.

The facts can be summarized rather succinctly. Continue reading…

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Martin Luther King’s Adultery

Posted by T on January 19, 2008
20th century, Current Discourse / 9 Comments

In a discussion with a co-worker last week, I discovered with shock that some people are still not aware of M. L. King’s chronic cheating: plagiarism in his literary production, and serial adultery and worse in his personal life. The burden of this post will be to examine the discussion of this facet of King’s life given by Rev. Michael Eric Dyson in a book summarized elsewhere. Page numbers in parentheses refer to that work. Continue reading…

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Dyson on King

Posted by T on January 19, 2008
20th century, Current Discourse, Politics / 2 Comments

In his book, I May Not Get There With You (full bibliog. info at bottom), Rev. Michael Dyson discussed a variety of contemporary topics in racial politics using the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (hereafter: MLK) as springboard. He is clearly upset that conservatives of many stripes and variations have appropriated the MLK mythos, and wants to set MLK’s iconic status back in service to radical politics. Actually, blacks, whites, liberals, and conservatives have all wandered from the right track due to having come under one or another forms of “amnesia” (290-4) which Dyson details. Continue reading…

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