Beloved Community Quotes (4 quotes)

“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one’s beloved extended community.”
― Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

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“A government of the people, a democracy, has room for peaceful civil disobedience—a practice that appeals to the humanity and sense of justice of the opposition (not defined as the 'enemy') and insists that we do all, in fact, belong to the beloved community.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community & What to Do About It

tags: beloved-community, citizens, citizenship, civil-disobedience, civility, democracy, humanity, incivility, justice

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“The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community.”
― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: beloved-community, nonviolence, violence

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“Jesus entered as he did, where he did, doing what he did because God needed us to finally comprehend the truth: God is not a sky king who heads an empire. God is the love that gives itself away for the sake of more love.”
― Stephanie Spellers, The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community

tags: beloved-community, episcopal-church, racism

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