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Line 11: − − ==Theology== − Rathbun (1968) shows the theological basis for King as a social reformer derived from four sources: the [[Social Gospel]] of [[Walter Rauschenbusch]], the Protestant Neo-Orthodoxy of [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] and Paul Tillich, Personalism taught at Boston University, and [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gandhi's]] concept of [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] love. King's synthesis of these four sources supported his civil rights activities. Laws may be broken, said King, if they are unjust laws which do not conform to eternal, [[natural law]]. [[Jesus]], said King, was a true revolutionary who brought peace as a "presence of [[justice]]" instead of an "absence of tension." The church also must be revolutionary to counteract [[evil]] and bring about [[social justice]]. King's theology of social action foresaw complete, unprejudiced equality based on natural rights and privileges.<ref>John W. Rathbun, "Martin Luther King: The Theology of Social Action." ''American Quarterly'' 1968 20(1): 38-53. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2710989 in JSTOR]</ref> − − According to his doctoral papers, King denied several key Christian doctrines, including Christ's omniscience, the "orthodox view of the divinity of Christ," and his birth of a virgin, among other doctrines.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (January 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/31252-was-martin-luther-king-even-a-christian-his-doctoral-papers-say-no Was Martin Luther King, Jr. Even a Christian? His Doctoral Papers Say No]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref>
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According to Ron Grossman, a ''Chicago Tribune'' staff writer:
According to Ron Grossman, a ''Chicago Tribune'' staff writer:
*In 1990, rumors went around the professorial cocktail-party circuit that scholars preparing an edition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers had come across disturbing instances of plagiarism. Pappas got hold of King's doctoral thesis in theology and that of a certain Jack Boozer, who had preceded King as a graduate student at Boston University, laid them side by side and discovered that, indeed, King had cribbed whole sections. [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-23/entertainment/9808220303_1_culture-war-plagiarism-case-chronicles ]
*In 1990, rumors went around the professorial cocktail-party circuit that scholars preparing an edition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers had come across disturbing instances of plagiarism. Pappas got hold of King's doctoral thesis in theology and that of a certain Jack Boozer, who had preceded King as a graduate student at Boston University, laid them side by side and discovered that, indeed, King had cribbed whole sections. [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-23/entertainment/9808220303_1_culture-war-plagiarism-case-chronicles ]
==Civil rights==
==Civil rights==