Kenneth Waters, associate dean of the School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, responds to Dwight Hopkins’ lecture, focusing on the structural realities of poverty in Martin Luther King’s vision for justice.

Dwight N. Hopkins, the Alexander Campbell Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and scholars from the Fuller community lecture on Martin Luther King Jr. and the social, cultural, and pastoral intersections of the Black experience. Dr. Hopkins was the featured speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, January 21–25, 2019. The celebration included lectures, conversations, worship and more, and was sponsored by the William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies. Learn more: fuller.edu/pannell-center/

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