Just Laws, Unjust Laws, and Theo-Moral Responsibility in Traditional and Contemporary Civil Rights Activism

In his 1963 response to an open letter from eight white religious leaders chastising his involvement in Birmingham, Martin Luther King, Jr. explained that civil rights activists' blatant breaking of some laws while obeying others was the result of two types of laws: just laws and unjust laws. C...

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Main Author: Mingo, Annemarie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 683-717
Further subjects:B Justice
B Resistance
B Activism
B Civil Rights Movement
B Moral Responsibility
B Black lives matter movement
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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