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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... stop here if our doctrine of man is to be realistic and thoroughly Christian . Some people stop here . They are the naturalists or the materialists ; they are the Marxists ; and they would see man merely as an animal . Some years ago a ...
... stop here if our doctrine of man is to be realistic and thoroughly Christian . Some people stop here . They are the naturalists or the materialists ; they are the Marxists ; and they would see man merely as an animal . Some years ago a ...
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... stop here ; it is dangerous to stop here . There are some people who never get beyond this first dimension . They are brilliant people ; often they do an excellent job in developing their in- ner powers ; but they live as if nobody else ...
... stop here ; it is dangerous to stop here . There are some people who never get beyond this first dimension . They are brilliant people ; often they do an excellent job in developing their in- ner powers ; but they live as if nobody else ...
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... stop to help this man , what will happen to me ? ” Then the good Samaritan came by , and by the very nature of his concern re- versed the question : " If I do not stop to help this man , what will happen to him ? " And so this man was ...
... stop to help this man , what will happen to me ? ” Then the good Samaritan came by , and by the very nature of his concern re- versed the question : " If I do not stop to help this man , what will happen to him ? " And so this man was ...
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