The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
GodDr. King quotes Psalms 111:3 and writes that "here is the familiar emphasis of the mercy and grace of God." |
GodDr. King records a portion of Carl Jung's argument that God is a function of the unconscious. |
GodDr. King cites Sigmund Freud's view in "New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis" that the need for religion stems from the Oedipus complex. |
GodDr. King uses a series of scriptures from the Book of Psalms and I Chronicles to show God's abiding love and faithfulness. |
GodDr. King cites a scripture from the Old Testament biblical book of Isaiah demonstrating God's wrath. |
GodDr. King cites a scripture from the biblical book of Isaiah regarding God's grace and mercy. |
GodDr. King cites a scripture from the Book of Job, elaborating on the goodness of God and it's correlation with human suffering. |
GodDr. King describes the power of God. |
GodDr. King records a note on French scholar Ernest Renan's prophecy in relation to God. |
GodDr. King expounds on "the eternality of God" by using the Book of Psalms. |
GodDr. King quotes astronomer William M. Smart's concept of God in "The Origin of the Earth." |
GodDr. King cites the Old Testament book of Exodus in reference to "the idea of a primitive anthropomorphic God." |
GodDr. King cites a scripture from the biblical book of Isaiah which demonstrates the eternalness and holiness of God. |
GodDr. King cites and comments on a passage from I Chronicles about the gods that are idols. |
God (Definition)Dr. King references Schleiermacher as he attempts to define God. |
God (Definition)Dr. King records ideas on Karl Marx's and John Dewey's definitions of God. |
God (Dewey)According to Dr. King's understanding of Dewey's interpretation, God is the connection between the ideal and the actual. |
God (Evil)Dr. King quotes Anicius Severinus Manlius Boethius, from "De Consolatione Philosophiae" (Consolation of Philosophy). |
God (His Existence: Psalms)Dr. King references the Old Testament biblical Book of Psalms regarding God's existence. |
God (His Infinity)Dr. King quotes Paul Tillich's "Systematic Theology" on the finite and infinite. |
God (His Love)Dr. King writes notes regarding God and his love for humanity. King states, "God is a God who takes initiative... [He] seeks His creatures before they seek him." |
God (His Omnipotence)Dr. King defines omnipotence as meaning that God has the power to carry out His will. He notes that God must hold characteristics of both good and evil and states that few philosophers have acknowledged God's omnipotence. |
God (Isaiah)Dr. King provides text from the Old Testament book of Isaiah highlighting the "ethical nature of God." |
God (Isaiah)Here Dr. King references Isaiah, Chapter 44 in discussing monotheism and the "utter folly of idol worship." |
God (Jeremiah)Dr. King discusses the creating powers of God. |
God (Knowledge of)Dr. King references St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Contra Gentiles" in a quotation focusing on man's "threefold knowledge of divine things." |
God (Niebuhr Conception)Dr. King quotes Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Nature and Destiny of Man" on the transcendence of God and His intimate relation to the world. |
God (Niebuhr Conception)Dr. King quotes American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr regarding the subject of God. |
God (Niebuhr Conception)Dr. King outlines Reinhold Niebuhr's views on God as outlined in "The Nature and Destiny of Man." |
God - His ImminenceDr. King takes notes on the immanence of God and quotes Victorian poet Alfred Tennyson's "The Higher Pantheism." |