AAAS 249 · also AMES 317, PUBPOL 253, RELIGION 234, RIGHTS 249
Martin Luther King and the Prophetic Tradition
Omid SafiNotable faculty
Former director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center. Source
Description from DukeHub
Situates Martin Luther King as a preacher in the black Christian tradition with a liberationist reading. Traces the movement from civil rights to opposition to economic injustice, war, and militarism. Analyzes what the prophetic voices of today have to say about issues of poverty, racism, environmental destruction, militarism, homophobia, drones, sexism.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "injustice"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
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