Black History Month and Theology

One of the most well known figures in Black history is Martin Luther King, who campaigned for equality in the U. S. A. His Christian beliefs were an inspiration in his belief that all people should equal and also in his insistence on non-violent protest.

Another hugely important figure was William Wilberforce who campaigned for he abolition of the slave trade. Again he was inspired by theological concepts.

The opposition to inequality is founded in the Creation account of Genesis. God created a male and female human in His image (Imagio Dei), and gave humanity dominion over the rest of creation, not over fellow humans (Genesis 1:26–28). Galatians 3:28 explicitly teaches the fundamental equality of human beings, claiming that, 'all are one in Christ'.

These are good examples of how theological ideas can have a real, practical impact on the world.

View the black History Month website here.