Moment of Crisis, Part 6, 1958 March 16

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In this final installment of Moment of Crisis, Thurman is discussing the response of religious communities to the marginalized in society. The salvation of foreigners in Isaiah 56 is discussed as the unnamed prophet referenced in this text was compelled to take a position against those other prophets and devout believers, who insisted on the utter exclusiveness, cultural exclusiveness, religious exclusiveness, of the Judites. This critical moment points out one of the central paradoxes of the religious experience, man-made categories that define who has the right to worship God where. Thurman believes that exclusivity in religious institutions and communities is against life and therefore against God.