Maxwell Institute Podcast #163: How Do We Heed God’s Call for Racial Respect? Featuring Joseph Stuart

Maxwell Institute Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Today I’m speaking with Dr. Joseph Stuart, assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University. Dr. Stuart studies race and American religion, and we knew right away that we wanted to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King and the ongoing fight for civil rights and racial harmony in our society. Joseph had the great idea to pair one of Dr. King’s speech with a related talk by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Both of these deeply Christian men challenge us to wake up to the world around us and look for our individual places in God’s unfolding work of restoration. In his 2019 speech to the NAACP, President Nelson quoted 2 Nephi 26:33, “black and white, bond and free, male and female… all are alike unto God,” and then said: “You who are gathered here in this room strive to make this heavenly truth an earthly reality. I commend you for it. And yet we all realize that, as a society and as a country, we have not yet achieved the harmony and mutual respect that would allow every man and woman and every boy and girl to become the very best version of themselves.” In this conversation, Dr. Stuart and I talk about how we as Latter-day Saints can likewise “strive to make the heavenly truth” of racial equality “an earthly reality.” He provides fascinating historical background for Martin Luther King’s ministry, and he puts it all into a gospel context. Dr. Stuart’s name and voice will be familiar to long-time listeners, because he hosted this podcast when he worked at the Institute as our public communications specialist a few years ago. It was fun to welcome him back on the other side of the microphone! I hope you enjoy the interview.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast, where we seek out faith illuminating scholarship.
0:15.1	I'm Rosalind Welch, Associate Director at the Institute.
0:19.3	This season, we're exploring the questions we should be asking.
0:23.8	Thanks for joining us.
0:25.7	I'm Rosalind Welch, host of the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:29.6	Today, I'm speaking with Dr. Joseph Stewart, Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University.
0:35.4	Dr. Stewart studies race and American religion,
0:38.8	and we knew right away that we wanted to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King and the ongoing
0:43.6	fight for civil rights and racial harmony in our society. Joseph had the great idea to pair
0:49.5	one of Dr. King's speeches with a related talk by Elder Dieter F. Uchtorf. Both of these deeply
0:56.1	Christian men challenge us to wake up to the world around us and look for our individual
1:01.7	places in God's unfolding work of restoration. In his 2019 speech to the NAACP, President
1:09.1	Nelson quoted 2nd Nephi 2633. Black and white, bond and free,
1:14.8	male and female, all are alike and to God. And then he said, you who are gathered here in this
1:21.5	room strive to make this heavenly truth and earthly reality. I commend you for it. And yet we all realize that as a
1:30.9	society and as a country, we have not yet achieved the harmony and mutual respect that would allow
1:37.4	every man and woman and every boy and girl to become the very best version of themselves.
1:43.7	In this conversation, Dr. Stewart and I talk
1:46.9	about how we as Latter-day Saints can likewise strive to make the heavenly truth of racial equality
1:54.2	and earthly reality. Dr. Stewart provides fascinating historical background for Martin Luther
2:00.0	King's ministry, and he puts it
2:02.0	all into a gospel context. Dr. Stewart's name and voice will be familiar to longtime listeners
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