The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (after Theodore Parker). 1964, Middletown, Connecticut.
Something a little different this week! In an essay in 1853, Theodore Parker set up ideas on social responsibility, justice, conscience, and the nature of God reflected in human beings that still resonate today. The quotation made famous by Dr King, is actually a paraphrase from this essay, in which Parker critiques both church and state to present the gospel of a human Jesus bringing good news to the rest of humanity.
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