Dr. Rufus Burrow Jr., PhD

     “A Critique of E.S. Brightman’s Conception of God, With Special Reference to Excess Evil.” (Ph.D. diss., Boston University, 1982.) Unpublished

     James H. Cone and Black Liberation Theology (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Publishers, 1994)

     Personalism: A Critical Introduction (St. Louis: Chalice Press 1999)
    Daring to Speak in God’s Name: Ethical Prophecy in Ministry (Co-Authored with Mary Alice Mulligan) (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2002)

     God and Human Responsibility: David Walker and Ethical Prophecy

(Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2003)

     Standing in the Margin (Co-Authored with Mary Alice Mulligan) (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2004)

     God and Human Dignity: The Personalism, Theology, and Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006)

     Holy Word and Holy Work: A Call to Prophetic Ministry (Co-Authored with Mary Alice Mulligan) (Commissioned by The Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Office of Outreach and Witness, 2006)

     Martin Luther King, Jr. for Armchair Theologians (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009)

     The Domestication of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Clarence B. Jones, Right-Wing        Conservatism, and the Manipulation of the King Legacy (Co-Editor with Lewis V. Baldwin. Each editor contributed three chapters, along with one chapter each by 7 other King scholars). (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013)

     Extremist for Love: Martin Luther King, Jr. as Man of Ideas and Nonviolent Social Action (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014)

     A Child Shall Lead Them: Martin Luther King, Jr., Young People, and the Movement (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014)

     Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Theology of Resistance (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, December, 2014)

     Making Good the Claim: Holiness and Visible Unity in the Church of God Reformation Movement (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2016)

     Ethical Prophets Along the Way: Those Hall of Famers (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)

     “Some African American Males’ Perspectives on Black Women” in Black Men on Race, Gender, Sexuality: A Critical Reader ed. Devon W. Carbado (New York University Press, 1999)

     “W.E.B. DuBois and the Intersection of Race and Sex in the Twenty-First Century” in Dubois and Race: Essays on the Centennial Publication of The Souls of Black Folk ed. Chester J. Fontenot (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2001)

     “Personalism, the Objective Moral Order, and Moral Law in the Work of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” in The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries of Law, Politics, and Religion Lewis V. Baldwin (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002)

     “Borderline Ethics and Intra-Community Violence and Murder among Young Afrikan American Males,” in Theology in Global Context ed. Amos Yong and Peter Heltzel (New York and London: T&T Clark International, 2004)

     “Graham, King, and the Beloved Community,” in The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America’s Greatest Evangelist ed. Michael G. Long (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008)

     “Trouble-Makers: A Moral Obligation.” Shining Light Survey. November, 1975.

     “Fishbowl III.” Koinonia. Volume 37, Number 7, January 18, 1984.

     “What Should We Be Willing To Die For?” (A Response). Koinonia. Volume 37, Number 9, February 15, 1984.

     “Massey Leaves Anderson: The End of an Era.” Shining Light Survey. September/October, 1984.

     “Yolanda King Addresses Youth at CTS.” Koinonia. April 16, 1986.

     “This Do in Remembrance of Me.” Shining Light Survey. May/June, 1986.

     “He’s Coming Back: Massey Returns to Anderson!” Shining Light Survey. November/December, 1989.

     “Sexism in the Black Community and Church.” The Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Spring, 1986.

     “Who Teaches Black Theology?” The Journal of Religious Thought. Winter, 1987.

     “The Role of the Church in Society.” Encounter. Winter, 1987.

     “Response to Robert Neville’s Review of The Boston Personalist Tradition.” The Personalist Forum. Fall, 1989.

     “A Review Article” on Theo Witvliet, The Way of the Black Messiah. The Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Volume 15, Number. 1,2, Fall-Spring, 1987-88.

     “Moral Laws in Borden P. Bowne’s Principles of Ethics.” The Personalist Forum. Volume VI, Number. 2, Fall 1990.

     “Blessed are the Children.” The Shining Light Survey. Volkume 57, Number 6, November/December, 1990.
    “The Black Church Then and Now.” The Shining Light Survey. January/February, 1991.

     “Black Theology.” The Disciple Magazine. Volume 129, Number 6, June, 1991.     

     “Toward An ‘Educated’ Church.” The Shining Light Survey. Volume 58, Number 4,

July/August 1991.

     “The Personalistic Theism of Edgar S. Brightman.” Encounter. Volume 53, Number 2, Spring 1992.

      “Francis John McConnell and Personalistic Social Ethics.” Methodist History. Volume XXXI, Number 2, January 1993.

     “Two Types of Prophets.” The A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review. Volume CV, Number 1, January 1993.

     “Some Characteristics of Biblical Prophecy.” The A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review. Volume CV, Number 2, April 1993.

     “Where’s The Theological Beef?” The Shining Light Survey, Volume 58, No. 6, November/December, 1991.

     “An African American Hero: A Moment in Black History.” The Shining Light Survey. January/February, 1992.

     “Two Elements in Francis J. McConnell’s Social Ethics.” The Personalist Forum. Volume 8, Number 2, Fall-Winter, 1992.

     “Research and the Black Church Conference: A Report.” The Shining Light Survey. Volume 59, Number 4, July/August 1992. (With Saderia Means)

     “Borden Parker Bowne’s Doctrine of God.” Encounter. Volume 53, Number 4. Autumn, 1992.

    “Prophets are Troublemakers.” The Shining Light Survey. October/November 1992.

    “What Prophecy Requires.” The Shining Light Survey. November/December 1992.

     “James H. Cone: Father of Contemporary Black Theology.” The Asbury Theological Journal. Volume 48, Number 2, Fall 1993. A different version of this article appeared in The A.M.E. Church Review, April-June 1993.

    “Some African American Males’ Perspectives on the Black Woman.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. Volume 16, Number 2 (Summer, 1992).

   “Reflections on Some Theologico-Ethical Norms for Prison Ministry.” The Asbury Theological Journal. Volume 47, Number 2, Fall 1992.
    “Book Review Essay on Theodore Walker, Jr., Empower the People.” Encounter.

Volume 54, Number 1, Winter 1992. (With Jimmy L. Kirby)

     “Black Males in Prison: The Silence of the Church,” Encounter. Volume 54, Number 1, Winter, 1993.

     “Borden Parker Bowne’s Contribution to Theistic Finitism.” The Personalist Forum. Volume 13, Number 2, Fall 1997.

     “Authorship: The Personalism of George Holmes Howison and Borden Parker Bowne.” The Personalist Forum. Volume 13, Number 2, Fall 1997.

     “The Personalism of John Wesley Edward Bowen.” The Journal of Negro History. Volume LXXXII, Number 2, Spring, 1997.

     “Borden Parker Bowne: The First Thoroughgoing Personalist.” Methodist History. Volume 36, Number 1, October 1997.

     “John Wesley Edward Bowen: First Afrikan American Personalist.” Encounter. Volume 56, Number 2, Summer, 1995.

     “Personalism and Ecological Ethics.” The A.M.E. Church Review. Volume CX, Number 357, January-March 1995.

     “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Ethics of Dignity.” Lexington Theological Quarterly, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 1995.

     “Malcolm X Was A Racist: The Great Myth.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. Volume 20, Number 2, Summer 1996.

     “Martin Luther King, Jr., Personalism, and Moral Laws.” The Asbury Theological Journal. Volume 52, Number 2, Fall 1997.

     “Borden Parker Bowne and the Dignity of Being.” The Personalist Forum. Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 1997.

     “Martin Luther King, Jr., Personalism, and Intracommunity Violence.” Encounter. Volume 58, Number 1, Winter 1997.

     “King’s Beloved Community Ideal: Making the Connections.” Journal of Religion. Volume 77, Number 3, July 1997. (Review Article)

     “Womanist Theology and Ethics.” Encounter. Volume 59, Numbers 1-2, Winter\Spring 1998.

     “The Love, Justice, and Wrath of God.” Encounter. Volume 59, Number 3, Summer

     “The Ethics of Satyagraha and Ahimsa: Gandhi’s Experiments in Love.” Encounter. Volume 59, Number 4, Autumn 1998.

     “Enter Womanist Theology and Ethics.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. Volume 22, Number 1, 1998.

     “Toward Womanist Theology and Ethics.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 1999.

     “Development of Womanist Theology: Some Chief Characteristics.” The Asbury Theological Journal. Volume 54, Number 1, Spring 1999.

     “Afrikan American Contributions to Personalism.” Encounter. Volume 60, Number 2, Spring 1999.

     “Conceptions of God in the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Edgar S. Brightman” Encounter. Volume 60, Number 3, Summer 1999. (With Jimmy L. Kirby)

     “Personal-Communitarianism and the Beloved Community.” Encounter. Volume 61, Number 1, Winter 2000.

     “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Objective Moral Order: Some Ethical Implications.” Encounter. Volume 61, Number 2, Spring 2000.

     “Personalism and Afrikan Traditional Thought.” Encounter. Volume 61, Number 3, Summer 2000.

     “Ethical Prophecy and Ministry.” Encounter. Volume 62, Number 2, Spring 2001. (Faculty Lecture for Focus on Ministry, November 4, 1999)

     “The Doctrine of Unearned Suffering.” Encounter. Volume 63, Numbers 1-2, Winter/Spring 2002.

      “The Afrikan Legacy in Personalism.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2002.

     “An Interfaith Study on Malcolm and Martin: A Review Article.” Encounter. Volume 63, Number 4, Autumn 2002.

      “The Humanity of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Vigilance in Pursuing his Dream.” Encounter. Volume 64, Number 2, Spring 2003.

      “Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Doctrine of Human Dignity.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. Volume 26, Number 4, Winter 2002.
     “A Student’s Teacher.” Bostonia. Number 3. Fall 2002. 5-6.

      “Musing on Two Approaches to the Study of Malcolm and Martin: A Review Article.” The Asbury Theological Journal. Volume 57, Number 2/Volume 58, Number 1, Fall 2002/Spring 2003.

      “A Student Reflects on a Teacher’s Religious Autobiography: A Review Article.” Encounter. Volume 64, Number 3, Summer 2003, 281-296.

     “Some Reflections on King, Personalism, and Sexism.” Encounter. Volume 65, Number 1, 2004. 9-38.

      “Martin Luther King, the Church, and a Value-Fused Universe.” Encounter. Volume 66, Number 3, 2005. 199-220.

     “The Definitive Biography of King?: A Review Essay.” Encounter. Volume 67, Number 3 Summer 2006, 297-315.

      “Remembering Yolanda King.” DisciplesWorld. Volume 6, No. 6, July/August, 2007, 30-31.

      “Racism, White Privilege, and a Seminary’s Pro-Reconciliation Initiative.” Encounter. Volume 68, Number 1 Winter 2007, 1-17

Review Essay on African American Christian Ethics, by Samuel K. Roberts. Encounter. Volume 68, Number 4 Fall 2007, 55-66.

     “Martin Luther King, Jr., Youth, and the Beloved Community.” Encounter. Volume 70, Number 3, Summer 2009, 1-21.

     “The Sociological Transformation of Religious Organizations.” A series of three articles published in three separate issues of Encounter. Part One: “Basic Sociological Principles.” Encounter. Vol. 69, No. 3, Summer 2008, 57-78. Part Two: “Charismatic Leader Stage.” Encounter. Vol. 69, No. 4, Fall 2008, 25-45.
Part Three: “Institutionalization and Adaptation Stages.” Encounter. Vol. 70, No. 1, Winter 2009, 15-36.

     Review Essay on Gandhi & Jesus: The Saving Power of Nonviolence, by Terrence J. Rynne. Encounter, Vol. 69, No. 3, Summer 2008, 85-93.

     Review Essay on Gandhi Under Cross-Examination: A Critical Review. Encounter. Vol. 70, No. 4, Fall 2009, 61-72.

     Review Essay on Becoming King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader, by Troy Jackson. Encounter. Vol. 71, No. 1, Winter 2010, 89-102.
    “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Children.” Encounter. Vol. 71, No. 3, Summer 2010,

31-50.

     “Responses to Dwayne Tunstall and Lewis V. Baldwin.” The Pluralist. Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2011, 30-45. (Tunstall and Baldwin read papers on aspects of my work at the meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Midwest Division, Personalistic Discussion Group) in Chicago in February 2010. Tunstall’s paper is entitled:      “Prophetic Ethics: Rufus Burrow, Jr.’s Personalist Contribution to Religious Ethics,” and Baldwin’s is: “The Unfolding of the Moral Order...” I responded to both papers, and what appears in this issue of The Pluralist is a revised version of those responses.)

     “Afrikan American Children: Enduring Values that Save.” Encounter, Vol. 72, No. 1, Spring 2011, 1-9.

     “Loyalty and Pursuit of the Dream.” Encounter, Vol. 74, No. 1, Fall 2013, 3-28.
     “The Beloved Community: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Josiah Royce.” Encounter, Vol 73, No. 1, Fall 2012, 37-64.

     Review Article on What Would Martin Say?, by Clarence B. Jones. Encounter, Vol. 73, No. 2, Winter/Spring 2013, 31-54.

     “Reflections on Joseph Lelyveld’s Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India.” Encounter, Vol. 72, No. 3, 2012,

     “The Personalism of Martin Luther King, Jr.” The Western Journal of Black Studies. (Forthcoming)

     “The King Type of Personalism.” Encounter, Vol. 73, No. 3, 1-30.