RT Article
T1 The World House Remodeled: Toward Beloved Community Through Housing Justice
JF Journal of law and religion
VO 39
IS 3
SP 417
OP 448
A1 Montague, Terri Y.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1963142349
AB In Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks with conviction on the need for and importance of community. King depicts American society and modern civilization as a great "world house" that is inhabited, inherited - and imperiled. Behind the metaphor of the world house is a prophetic vision and dream - the realization of what he called the "beloved community." In this article, the author considers King’s beloved community ideal through a housing lens. Engaging with King's metaphor, the author frames the beloved community as an apologetic for integrated community. The author views the metaphor of the world house as a significant means to expand understanding of beloved community, elevate housing as a moral-ethical concern, and engender radical structural solutions that can be realized through racial justice in the housing sector.
K1 Martin Luther King’s political theology
K1 Beloved Community
K1 housing justice
K1 integrated neighborhood
K1 racial capitalism
K1 racial justice
K1 Residential segregation
K1 structural racism
K1 world house
DO 10.1017/jlr.2025.15