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A Faith to Live By, Part 7: Democracy (continued), 1952 October 26
In this final sermon of the series, Thurman binds together faith and the dream of democratic living. Drawing upon the language of covenant, Thurman says that we are morally bound to God as God is morally bound to us. Furthermore, this covenant relationship brings us into unique relationship with others who share the same covenant, the same religion, the same culture, etc. But this binding-together risks exclusion and conflict with others outside those bounds. Thurman says that the true challenge of democracy is the constant expansion of boundaries, to include more and more diversity and difference. Without this, democratic faith becomes nothing more than arrogance and superiority. Thurman urges that we must keep alive the faith that finds infinite worth in every human being, for this is the only faith that can keep alive the dream of democracy.
Part of the Collection, A Faith to Live By (1952, Fellowship Church, San Francisco, CA)
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Description by Rodell Jefferson III.
Recorded in Fellowship Church, San Francisco, California
Citation: Thurman, Howard, “A Faith to Live By, Part 7: Democracy (continued), 1952 October 26,” The Howard Thurman Digital Archive, accessed July 9, 2024, https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/595.
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By Howard Thurman (Uploaded by Duncan Hamra)In this final sermon of the series, Thurman binds together faith and the dream of democratic living. Drawing upon the language of covenant, Thurman says that we are morally bound to God as God is morally bound to us. Furthermore, this covenant relationship brings us into unique relationship with others who share the same covenant, the same religion, the same culture, etc. But this binding-together risks exclusion and conflict with others outside those bounds. Thurman says that the true challenge of democracy is the constant expansion of boundaries, to include more and more diversity and difference. Without this, democratic faith becomes nothing more than arrogance and superiority. Thurman urges that we must keep alive the faith that finds infinite worth in every human being, for this is the only faith that can keep alive the dream of democracy.
Part of the Collection, A Faith to Live By (1952, Fellowship Church, San Francisco, CA)
Tags:
Description by Rodell Jefferson III.
Recorded in Fellowship Church, San Francisco, California
Citation: Thurman, Howard, “A Faith to Live By, Part 7: Democracy (continued), 1952 October 26,” The Howard Thurman Digital Archive, accessed July 9, 2024, https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/595.