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GLOBAL CONFLICT AND THE PREACHING TRADITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Abstract African American preaching has unfortunately begun to uncritically accept the social status quo and focus on rewards for living moral private lives. In doing so, this preaching too often disregards global conflicts and tragedies, painting them as the results of God's judgment for immorality. African American preachers are thus increasingly focused on private morals, letting the world-transforming public implications of faith take a back seat. Black religious communities have hence been uninvolved in trying to solve contemporary conflicts, which is especially distressing regarding the volatile situations in the Middle East. Therefore, African American churches need to reclaim, as Martin Luther King, Jr. has said, their prophetic roles and work to care for the entire world.