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The burgeoning terrain of Martin Luther King Jr. studies is leading to a new appreciation of his thought and its meaningfulness for the emergence and shaping of the twenty-first-century world. This volume brings together an impressive array of scholars from various backgrounds and disciplines to explore the global significance of King—then, now, and in the future. Employing King's metaphor of "the great world house," the major focus is on King's appraisal of the global-human struggle in the 1950s and 1960s, his relevance for today's world, and how future generations might constructively apply or appropriate his key ideas and values in addressing racism, poverty and economic injustice, militarism, sexism, homophobia, the environmental crisis, globalization, and other challenges confronting humanity today. The contributors treat King in context and beyond context, taking seriously the historical King while also exploring how his name, activities, contributions, and legacy are still associated with a globalized rights culture.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. CREATIVE LIVING IN THE GREAT WORLD HOUSE: THE VISION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IN CONTEXT-WHERE WE WERE THEN -- CHAPTER 1 For the Beauty of the World: Vision and Moral Order in Martin Luther King Jr.'s World Hous -- CHAPTER 2 The Scourge of the Color Bar: Racism as a Barrier to Human Community -- CHAPTER 3 For the Least of These: The Scandal of Poverty in the World House -- CHAPTER 4 Living by the Sword: The Haunting Spectacle of Violence and Human Destruction -- CHAPTER 5 Sexism in the World House: Women and the Global Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. -- PART II. SURVIVING IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD HOUSE: THE ENDURING THREATS-WHERE WE ARE NOW -- CHAPTER 6 Plenty Good Room: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision of the World House and the Ethical Question of Global Leader ship -- CHAPTER 7 The Rising Significance of Class: The Haves and the Have-Nots in the World House -- CHAPTER 8 Martin Luther King Jr. and the Nonviolent Transformation of Global Conflict: Broadening Knowledge of Nonviolent Action in the Great World House -- CHAPTER 9 Embracing Difference: Martin Luther King Jr.'s World Hous eVision as a Teaching Resource for Women and Queer Liberation -- CHAPTER 10 All over the World Like a Fever: Martin Luther Kin gJr.'s World House and the Movement for Black Lives in the United States and United Kingdom -- PART III. ENVISIONING, PURSUING, AND SHAPING THE FUTURE WORLD HOUSE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- CHAPTER 11 The World as a "Single Neighborhood": The Global Ethics of Martin Luther King Jr. -- CHAPTER 12 Toward a Higher Global Ideal: Martin Luther King Jr., the World House, and the Challenges of Tomorrow -- Afterword -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K.