For him, the campaign for black civil rights was firmly rooted in a very grand moral and political vision.
Today's progressives have largely lost sight of this wider vision; indeed the thought of it embarrasses them.
We prefer identity politics to the big vision that he preached.
The awkward fact is that his was a religious vision.
He affirmed the grand narrative of American liberalism: Jefferson's vision of 'liberty and justice for all', a vision that became more fully expressed after the civil war.
It was a sacred vision because it was at heart the Christian vision, of God's perfect rule, the coming of his kingdom.
It has also been betrayed by progressives who narrow its scope, who prefer divisive identity politics to a unifying political vision.
Today's progressives have largely lost sight of this wider vision; indeed the thought of it embarrasses them.
We prefer identity politics to the big vision that he preached.
The awkward fact is that his was a religious vision.
He affirmed the grand narrative of American liberalism: Jefferson's vision of 'liberty and justice for all', a vision that became more fully expressed after the civil war.
It was a sacred vision because it was at heart the Christian vision, of God's perfect rule, the coming of his kingdom.
It has also been betrayed by progressives who narrow its scope, who prefer divisive identity politics to a unifying political vision.
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