Category - Martin Luther King Day

What would MLK do? ask young Americans

staff writers — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:16:31 +0000

An event at Washington National Cathedral in the US later this month is to gather young people together to ask what Martin Luther King's platform would be for the next US President.

Going beyond fight or flight

Jonathan Bartley — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:04:14 +0000

On the third Monday of every January, the United States marks Martin Luther King Day. The national holiday celebrates the birth and life of the civil rights activist and Baptist minister, whose Christian convictions about justice and the Gospel led him to a path of non-violence and peacemaking.

Martin Luther King and Iraq,Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 17 January 2007

Press Office — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:41:32 +0000

Jesus' injunction to 'turn the other cheek' did not mean passivity.

Luther King embodies radical non-violence, says US Episcopal leader

staff writers — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:33:09 +0000

The new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA celebrated the life of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King in her first official service in the Diocese of New York this week - at St Ann's Church in the Bronx, on 15 January 2007. She stressed the difficult call to radical non-violence as a key Christian vocation arising from his legacy.

Racism and war recalled as Martin Luther King Day approaches

staff writers — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:57:32 +0000

‚ÄúWe seem to be at a curious juncture in America in the area of race‚Äù, says a United Methodist Church bishop who makes it a practice to write a letter in honour of Martin Luther King Jr each year, drawing attention to ways in which his vision has been fulfilled or frustrated during the previous 12 months.