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Jan 16, 2022
In a world that appears to be divided on so many fronts, I’ve been thinking a lot about the “Beloved Community” that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about.
The idea was first coined by philosopher Josiah Royce and refers to “an ideal community… a society of justice, peace and harmony which can be achieved through nonviolence.” In 1957 during a sermon to Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama Dr. King said, “The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community.”
The King Center’s website is a rich resource and lists Dr. King’s Fundamental Philosophy of Nonviolence:
- Principle 1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
- Principle 2: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
- Principle 3: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
- Principle 4: Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate and transform people and societies.
- Principle 5: Nonviolence...
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