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On the other hand, King had written a speech indicating that Communism and Christianity cannot be mixed together.<ref>http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/can-a-christian-be-a-communist/</ref> In addition, his personal friendship with Nixon, the latter of whom had been instrumental in exposing [[Alger Hiss]] as a communist spy, would have made any adherence to Communism very unlikely.
On the other hand, King had written a speech indicating that Communism and Christianity cannot be mixed together.<ref>http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/can-a-christian-be-a-communist/</ref> In addition, his personal friendship with Nixon, the latter of whom had been instrumental in exposing [[Alger Hiss]] as a communist spy, would have made any adherence to Communism very unlikely.
==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>
== Assassination ==
== Assassination ==