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Sermon: Being perfect?
We know a campaign has truly succeeded when those who had nothing to do with it, and even those who condemned it, pretend that they were on the right side all along. The campaign against apartheid in South Africa is a perfect example. Few people nowadays will boast that they opposed boycotts of all-white sporting teams, but, at the time, most people condemned those annoying, unwashed professional protesters interfering with the God-given right of Australians to watch a good game of rugby. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Sermons
Tagged civil disobedience, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Erica Chenoweth, Leviticus 19:17-18 24:17-21, Maria J. Stephens, Matthew 5:27-48, non-violent resistance, Pace e Bene, protests, Sermon on the Mount, The Brick Bible, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, Year of Matthew
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