Roy Whitaker

ROY WHITAKER {[email protected]} is an Assistant Professor of American Religious Diversity at San Diego State University. His research area is contemporary religion with a specialization in African American pluralism and humanism.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Mormonism: Dialogue, Race, and Pluralism

Articles/Essays – Volume 51, No. 3

Dialogue 51.3 (Fall 2018): 131–153
This essay provides an outline for how to have a more robust intrafaith dialogue about race among members of the LDS church. Using principles from Martin Luther King, Jr. about dialogue on race, Whitaker argues for the need for greater dialogue to overcome the past.