This second of a projected 14 volumes of Martin Luther King's
collected works covers the period from his postgraduate education
at Boston University's School of Theology through the end of his
first year as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery,
Ala. (his year-end report notes accomplishments ranging from
carpeting the church's auditorium to registering voters).
Correspondence, academic papers (and in his introduction Carson
confronts head on the issue of King's plagiarism), sermons,
published and unpublished writings are all included, reflecting the
young man's developing thoughts about theology, ethics, and the
role of the Baptist minister in his church. All the texts are
annotated, and some original documents are reproduced. The longest
work here is King's dissertation on the concept of God in the
writings of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman, a concept that
differed from his own belief in a personal God. The volume leaves
the young minster on the eve of a watershed in his own life, in the
life of his people, and in the life of America as a whole: the
Montgomery bus boycott. (Kirkus Reviews)
More than two decades after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate
triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent
struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society
- are as vital and timely as ever. The wealth of his writings, both
published and unpublished, that constitute his intellectual legacy
are now preserved in this authoritative, chronologically arranged,
multivolume edition. Faithfully transcribing the texts of his
letters, speeches, sermons, student papers, and articles, this
edition has no equal. Volume II begins with King's doctoral work at
Boston University and ends with his first year as pastor of the
historic Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It
includes papers from his graduate courses and a fully annotated
text of his dissertation. There is correspondence with people King
knew in his years before graduate school and a transcription of the
first known recording of a King sermon. We learn, too, of King's
marriage to Coretta Scott. Accepting the call to serve Dexter, King
followed the church's tradition of socially active pastors by
becoming involved in voter registration and other issues of social
justice. In Montgomery he completed his doctoral work, and he and
Coretta Scott began their married life. King's early papers
document the formative experiences of a man whose life and
teachings have had a profound influence not only on Americans but
on people of all nations.
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