I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Future of Multicultural America

Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr's epic speech, and nearly fifty years since the Montgomery Boycott, seven of the leading religious and theological voices of the African American community assess the past impact and present import of Martin Luther King's bold yet in many respects unfulfilled vision.1. From Prophetic Preaching to Utopian Community Robert M. Franklin, Emory University 2. Growing like Topsy: Solidarity in a Multicultural U.S.A. Emilie M. Townes, Union Theological Seminary, New York City 3. King's Vision of America: An Ethical Assessment Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary 4. The Dream: A Future for the Present Justo González, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta 5. Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago Divinity School 6. Linda E. Thomas, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 7. James A. Forbes Jr., Riverside Church, New York City James Echols is President of Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. TRANSLUCENCE: RELIGION, THE ARTS, AND IMAGINATION