<p><span>Although countless books have been devoted to the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., few, if any, have focused on King's appropriation of, and contribution to, the intellectual tradition of personalism. Emerging as a philosophical movement in the early 1900s, personalism is a type of
God and human dignity : the personalism, theology, and ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr.
โ Scribed by Burrow, Rufus, 1951-
- Publisher
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
xvii, 337 pages ; 24 cm
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