Must faith be fuse d with a partisan political identity? In this lecture\, Professor Ping-cheung Lo\, Dean and Rebecca Stephan Professor of Chinese Studies and Academi c Dean for the Chinese Studies Center at Fuller Seminary\, revisits the pub lic theologies of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. and the often-overlooke d later ministry of Rev. Dr. Billy Graham to discern a broader\, more inc lusive model of faith-based politics. King’s “beloved community” centers un iversal moral goods—justice\, equality\, reconciliation—and insists that en ds and means cohere through love and nonviolence. Graham’s later ministry\, increasingly aligned with King’s vision\, warned against binding churches to party platforms. Drawing out contemporary implications\, Professor Lo ca lls for reflections on both institutional roles (including churches) and pe rsonal civic engagement. Q&A to follow.
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