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Selections for Memorial Day (1964-05-29)
Resistance to the Social Order (1962-04-20); Self Realization and Acceptance (1963-11-08)
In this recording within the We Believe series; Howard Thurman reads and reflects from his work, "The…
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Jesus, His Contribution (1963-03-01); The Triumphant Entry (1964-03-20)
In this recording within the We Believe Series; Howard Thurman reflects upon his writing within "The Inward Journey." In this reflection, he gives a…
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The Child and Religious Meaning (1964-01-24); Our Children Are Not Our Things (1963-11-01)
In this recording within the We Believe Series; Howard Thurman utilizes Frederick J. Moffitt's "Thus A Child Learns," as a point of departure for his liturgy for the devotion of a child. Thurman notes that it is the "birthright" of every child to be given the tools "define for them what it is that they are seeking and where they may find it."
In this recording within the We Believe Series; Howard Thurman reflects from his text, "Meditations of the Heart," to "think about children and our…
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St. Augustine, part 1 (7); St. Augustine, part 2 (8), 1961 Dec 3, 10
St. Francis of Assisi (5); Plotinus (6), 1961 Nov 12, 26, Side B
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St. Francis of Assisi (5); Plotinus (6), 1961 Nov 12, 26
Meister Eckhart (3); The Inner Light (4), 1961 Oct 15, 22
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The Innward Journey (1); Jacob Boehme: The Mystic Will (2), 1961 Oct 1, 8, Side B
The Innward Journey (1); Jacob Boehme: The Mystic Will (2), 1961 Oct 1, 8
This sermon is the first of nine in a series of sermons given in Marsh Chapel that are titled "The Inward Journey." In this sermon, Thurman questions the ways in which one is seeking fullness, freedom, and responsibility. Though it is tempting to seek these ideals of the human spirit in the external world, Thurman notes that it is within the internal spirit, the voice of the genuine that is within all, that one may actualize one's potential for fullness, freedom, and responsibility. It is in…
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