Indeed, King’s prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every tribe, class and ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. The outgoing 44th president, Barack Obama, spoke of King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory ...

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Christians and Muslims in Jordan believe that their country — the Holy Land’s east bank — provides a vision of what the Middle East could become again. Above, at the Mother of Mercy Clinic in Zarqa, ...

In recent years, Cornel West — the outspoken political activist, social critic, author, hip-hop artist and professor of philosophy, African-American studies and Christian theology, who has also acted ...

Prophet Clement Quansah Testimony shares a prophetic vision of Ghana's transformative development under President Mahama, ...

Imagine going to a performance of Mozart’s great opera “Don Giovanni”—and hearing it minus the Don. Imagine the baritone fell ill a minute before the curtains went up and there was no stand-in. The ...