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• W4379779723 abstract "Martin Luther King Jr. and the Light of Other Faiths: First Speech in the Union Theological Seminary Interfaith Cycle, Delivered September 10, 2012 Eboo Patel On Sunday April 2, 1967, the New York Times ran a front page interview with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His promise to deliver “a major policy paper” on the Vietnam War set the nations' political and religious leaders on edge and made many of his closest allies nervous. Stanley Levison—who Taylor Branch calls King's “closest white friend and the most reliable colleague of his life”—was so concerned about King's plan to offer a raw critique of the War that he drafted substitute language for the strongest words. King insisted on staying his course. The speech was sponsored by Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam, one of the best‐known and most‐respected antiwar organizations at the time. Union Theological Seminary, whose president John Bennet had reviewed a draft of King's address, was a cohost. Every one of the 2700 pew spaces and 1200 folding chairs in Riverside Church was full. Buses had been arriving throughout the afternoon, the overflow line stretched down 120th, and the ovation King received when he stood up to enter the pulpit went on so long he had to quiet the crowd to begin. “I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice … a time comes when silence is betrayal. And that time has come for us in relation to Vietnam.” It was the opening of perhaps the most courageous, and certainly the most controversial, sermon of his life. Many in King's own camp had cautioned him to focus on civil rights at home, and steer clear of war and peace elsewhere. To them, King said: “I believe the path from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church … leads clearly to this sanctuary tonight.” He spoke of how the War was draining resources away from antipoverty programs while at the same time sending droves of poor Americans to their death, of how segregation and war were both poisoning America's soul. He spoke of the responsibility he felt to live up to his Nobel Peace Prize, a commission that required him to think beyond national boundaries. And he spoke of faith. King opens his discussion of faith with the line: “I … have to live with the meaning of my commitment to the ministry of Jesus Christ … the One who loved his enemies so fully that he died for them.” He continued: “As I try to explain for you and for myself the road that leads from Montgomery to this place I would have offered all that was most valid if I simply said that I must be true to my conviction … to be a son of the living God. Beyond the calling of race or nation or creed is this vocation of sonship and brotherhood …” King quotes the first epistle of Saint John on love and ends the speech with a line from Amos on justice. I remember being stunned by the realization that faith played a central role in the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Shocked first by the plain fact of it, and second by how long it took me to see the obvious. At a different stage in my life, I simply skipped over the faith parts of that Beyond Vietnam speech. I wanted the politics, not the path that led there. After all, I only had time for the important stuff. It's a pretty good metaphor for how I viewed faith itself for many years—as irrelevant. I think that's why I was so excited about this invitation to give a cycle of lectures here at Union. As much as any institution in American history, Union Theological Seminary is responsible for making faith—in a life‐giving, humanity‐uplifting, nation‐changing way—relevant and inspiring. Union has long known that faith matters, both in the hereafter, and in the here and now. It is a conviction that, more than ever, seems worthy of articulation. I came of age in an era in which we forget that Martin Luther King Jr..." @default.
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• W4379779723 title "Martin Luther King Jr. and the Light of Other Faiths: First Speech in the Union Theological Seminary Interfaith Cycle, Delivered September 10, 2012" @default.
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