Every time I hear "the lion and the lamb shall lie together" I think of Woody Allen's variation: "The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep."
King's commitment to the ethic of love is paramount to understanding his efforts to uproot injustice. It's also important to recognize that he argued racism was but one piece of a "giant triplet of evil" that also included militarism and materialism (economic exploitation). I highlight these features of his life and work here: https://jeffreynall.substack.com/p/three-evils-and-an-ethic-of-love
Every time I hear "the lion and the lamb shall lie together" I think of Woody Allen's variation: "The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep."
The soaring oratory of the Rev. King vs the crabbed, ill-tempered "weave" of tRump speeches...dear God!
Thank you.
King's commitment to the ethic of love is paramount to understanding his efforts to uproot injustice. It's also important to recognize that he argued racism was but one piece of a "giant triplet of evil" that also included militarism and materialism (economic exploitation). I highlight these features of his life and work here: https://jeffreynall.substack.com/p/three-evils-and-an-ethic-of-love
Amen! Thank you so much for posting these inspiring words! It helped me begin what I knew was sure to be a pretty trying day.
His Nobel lecture is pretty incredible too. So glad he got me to read Alfred Whitehead.