King's Speech: Preaching Reconciliation in a World of Violence and Chasm

In the quiet recesses of my heart Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often said I am fundamentally a clergyman a Baptist preacher. No other statement could identify King better than this. Thus the statement is the launching point for this work on preacher Kings timeless messages on violence and reconciliation rooted in his theological foundation of the universal yet personal loving God. Yang shows how King based on that theological idea vitalizes a pastoral and prophetic preaching voice hoping to create reconciliation in the context of a violent reality. This concise piece is easily accessible yet rich enough to see the continuing impact and applicability of preacher Kings reconciliatory ideas in the present violent torn-apart world that desperately awaits reconciliation.