The Measure of a ManChristian Education Press, 1959 - 34 pages Why nonviolence matters Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism. |
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... spirit , lifted above the categories of time and space ; but man , being less than God , is in time . He is in nature , and he can never dis- own his kinship with animate nature . The psalmist goes on to say that God made man that way ...
... spirit , lifted above the categories of time and space ; but man , being less than God , is in time . He is in nature , and he can never dis- own his kinship with animate nature . The psalmist goes on to say that God made man that way ...
Page 8
... spirit . This is what the psalm- ist means when he says , " Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor . " Man has rational capacity ; man has a mind ; man can reason . This distin- guishes him from the lower animals . And so , somehow ...
... spirit . This is what the psalm- ist means when he says , " Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor . " Man has rational capacity ; man has a mind ; man can reason . This distin- guishes him from the lower animals . And so , somehow ...
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... of our life . Grant that we will go now with grim and bold determination to live the complete life . In the name and spirit of Jesus , we pray . Amen . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SANTA CRUZ This book is due 34 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
... of our life . Grant that we will go now with grim and bold determination to live the complete life . In the name and spirit of Jesus , we pray . Amen . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SANTA CRUZ This book is due 34 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
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