Mark Christian Thompson is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. His most recent book is Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (2022).

• Introduction: Ontology and Nonviolence1. Being and Nonviolence2. Nonbeing and Nonviolence3. Black Power as Nonviolence4. Gnosticism and Nonviolence5. Divine NonviolenceConclusion: Eros as Nonviolence

"Reading King with Heidegger and Benjamin, Thompson's study is a welcome and intellectually engaging contribution to the recent renaissance of scholarship devoted to King's philosophical thought."—Robert J Gooding-Williams, Columbia University "A tour de force! Essential for students of King, Black Power, and twentieth-century Africana and European philosophy. Thompson's King is an important counterweight to the simple, sanitized saint that haunts mainstream politics."—Paul C. Taylor, Vanderbilt University "Thompson invites us to rethink King's nonviolent strategy as a conceptually rigorous moral, philosophical, and racial commitment. Critical for scholars and students interested in King, peace studies, Black studies, history, religious studies, and philosophy."—James Haile III, University of Rhode Island

Mark Christian Thompson is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. His most recent book is Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (2022).

• Introduction: Ontology and Nonviolence1. Being and Nonviolence2. Nonbeing and Nonviolence3. Black Power as Nonviolence4. Gnosticism and Nonviolence5. Divine NonviolenceConclusion: Eros as Nonviolence

"Reading King with Heidegger and Benjamin, Thompson's study is a welcome and intellectually engaging contribution to the recent renaissance of scholarship devoted to King's philosophical thought."—Robert J Gooding-Williams, Columbia University "A tour de force! Essential for students of King, Black Power, and twentieth-century Africana and European philosophy. Thompson's King is an important counterweight to the simple, sanitized saint that haunts mainstream politics."—Paul C. Taylor, Vanderbilt University "Thompson invites us to rethink King's nonviolent strategy as a conceptually rigorous moral, philosophical, and racial commitment. Critical for scholars and students interested in King, peace studies, Black studies, history, religious studies, and philosophy."—James Haile III, University of Rhode Island

Mark Christian Thompson is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. His most recent book is Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (2022).

• Introduction: Ontology and Nonviolence1. Being and Nonviolence2. Nonbeing and Nonviolence3. Black Power as Nonviolence4. Gnosticism and Nonviolence5. Divine NonviolenceConclusion: Eros as Nonviolence

"Reading King with Heidegger and Benjamin, Thompson's study is a welcome and intellectually engaging contribution to the recent renaissance of scholarship devoted to King's philosophical thought."—Robert J Gooding-Williams, Columbia University "A tour de force! Essential for students of King, Black Power, and twentieth-century Africana and European philosophy. Thompson's King is an important counterweight to the simple, sanitized saint that haunts mainstream politics."—Paul C. Taylor, Vanderbilt University "Thompson invites us to rethink King's nonviolent strategy as a conceptually rigorous moral, philosophical, and racial commitment. Critical for scholars and students interested in King, peace studies, Black studies, history, religious studies, and philosophy."—James Haile III, University of Rhode Island