On King, Resistance, Faith, and Despair

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s deep and abiding religious faith led him to believe that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but ... bends toward justice.” Though he believed that God exercises providential guidance over the universe, he did not think that the work of bending the arc of the universe belongs to God alone, with no need for human agency. We humans are urgently called by God to cooperate in the struggle for justice through “vigorous and positive action.” And King knew firsthand how arduous this struggle could be. We toil for justice in a darkened world that

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