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Audio: Rev. Robert A. Sirico On MLK The Pastor
Oct 7, 2024 7:16 AM

Acton Institute President and Co-founder Rev. Robert A. Siricotook to the airwaves in Detroit this morning with guesthost Jason Vines on WJR Radio’s The Frank Beckmann Show to discuss the oft-overlooked fact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was first and foremost a Christian pastor – theReverendDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In many current day remembrances of King, his status as a Christian pastor seems to be downplayed or altogether ignored, instead portraying him as more of a generic “civil rights leader” –a more secularized version of the man. Sirico and Vines discuss King’s callingas a pastor, and examine what this secularized version of King says aboutthe status of Christianity as a part of modern American culture.

The full interview is available via the audio player below.

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