The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Note Cards
Education was essential in the development of the mind of Martin Luther King, Jr. From his matriculation at Morehouse College through his doctoral studies at Boston University, Dr. King took notes on various subjects and referenced some of the most important philosophers of all time. The note cards shown in this section give you a glimpse into the molding of one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers and orators. Religion, natural law, metaphysics and the meaning of wisdom are just a few of the topics highlighted. These subjects and many more helped Dr. King’s capacity to expand his intellectual and spiritual capacity three dimensionally.
Schleiermacher's Distinction
Dr. King documents German philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher's view on one of the distinctions between Protestantism and Catholicism.
The Servant of Jehovah
Dr. King writes that Isaiah 41:1-6 seems to describe the servant of the Lord as the personification of Israel, whose task is to bring peace and prosperity to Israel and knowledge of Him to the entire world.
Schleiermacher (Elements of Pantheism)
Dr. King quotes Friedrich Schleiermacher’s “Speeches on Religion” and writes that it reminds him of Spinoza’s intellectual love of God. The full title of this work is “On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers.”
Christology and Anthropology
Dr. King quotes Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, a German philosopher, regarding the universal understanding of sins.
Sin I and Sin II
Dr. King cites scripture in examining concepts of sin.
Ritschl, Albrecht
Dr. King provides a biographical sketch of German theologian Albrecht Ritschl.
Three Stages of Christological Controversy
Dr. King lists three stages of Christological controversy. The third is the "relation" between the former two.
Naturalism (Its Losing of the Individual)
Dr. King quotes Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Nature and Destiny of Man."
Schleiermacher
Dr. King records teachings of German theologian and philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher that Dr. King feels "make his theology a religious psychology."
The Sickness of our Society
Dr. King describes three points that he claims as symptoms of the "Sickness of Our Society." These points include a suicide rate of one every twenty-seven minutes, more than half a million Americans in mental hospitals and three-quarters of a million with alcohol problems.
Apollinarianism
Dr. King defines Apollinarianism.
Formative Elements
From Alfred North Whitehead's "Religion in the Making," Dr. King records the formative elements of the temporal world.
Faith As A Way of Knowing (Wieman)
Dr. King cites Henry Nelson Wieman's "The Source of Human Good" on faith as a way of knowing.
Trinitarianism
Dr. King discusses the doctrine trinitarianism, the belief that God is one being, existing in three equal persons.
Race Problem
Dr. King discusses the solution to the race problem, citing Reinhold Niebuhr's view that human methods are irrational.
What Is a Cause
Dr. King quotes Alfred North Whitehead's "Principles of Natural Knowledge."
Relation Between Eternal Objects and Actual Occasions
Philosophically rooted, the set of notes on this series of cards explores metaphysical claims for the understanding that each "eternal object" is necessarily connected to an "actual occasion." Dr. King quotes Alfred North Whitehead's "Science and the Modern World" and speaks to the actualization of an event as result of possibilities.
Freudianism
Dr. King quotes Reinhold Niebuhr on the subject of Freudianism from "The Nature and Destiny of Man."
Plato Psychology
Dr. King explores Plato's contribution to psychology.
Judgement or Justice
Dr. King quotes a book entitled "Sea Dreams," by Alfred Lord Tennyson, regarding judgement and justice.
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