The Dialectical Method of Martin Luther King
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ETD - Electronic Theses & Dissertations THEOLOGIAN OF SYNTHESIS: THE DIALECTICAL METHOD OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AS REVEALED IN HIS CRITICAL THINKING ON THEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND ETHICS By George Russell Seay, Jr. Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Religion December 2008 Nashville, Tennessee Approved: Professor Victor Anderson Professor Lewis Baldwin Professor Paul DeHart Professor Peter Hodgson Copyright © 2008 by G. Russell Seay, Jr. All Rights Reserved Dedicated to Elder Joseph W. McCoy Friend, Mentor, Confidant, and Patron Saint iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My journey to the completion of this dissertation and Ph.D. program is liken to the turtle perched on the gatepost. It could not have gotten there by itself. There are so many persons that have contributed to my completing this program. My undergraduate professors at Oakwood College were Clifford Pitts, my theology teacher who opened up to me the world of theology and sparked an interest that would be fanned into a blaze. Benjamin Reaves, my homiletics professor who demonstrated that theology at its best serves the preaching moment. My teachers at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, Raoul Dederen, Norman Miles, Robert Johnston, Walter Douglass, Fritz Guy, and Hans LaRondale, who grounded me in my faith tradition by insisting that “faith seeking understanding is a life long journey.” I would like to thank my professors at Vanderbilt. The classes and seminars of Sallie McFague, Eugene TeSelle, Edward Farley, Victor Anderson, Lewis Baldwin, Peter Hodgson and Paul DeHart were challenging, provocative, and stimulating.
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