From Joyce Gibson’s invitation to worship, Durham Friends Meeting, June 28, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReligion has enjoyed an exclusive character for far too long,\u2018\u2019 he said, “and this has fostered inequality and established the principle of separateness.\u00a0 Men, instead of feeling at one with each other because of their relationship to God, are set apart from each other because of the division caused by their differing theologies.\u00a0 Exclusiveness may once have been a luxury, but it can be no longer.\u00a0 In human affairs, science is in process of annihilating space and time; religion can keep pace only as it annihilates boundaries.\u00a0 The basis for modern life is the acknowledged oneness of mankind.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Were he speaking today, Thurman would surely have spoken of “people” rather than of “men” or “mankind.”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quoted in Elizabeth Yates McGreal, Howard Thurman: Portrait of a Practical Dreamer<\/em> <\/strong>(New York: John Day Publishing, 1964), (pp. 142-143). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Joyce Gibson’s invitation to worship, Durham Friends Meeting, June 28, 2020 \u201cReligion has enjoyed an exclusive character for far too long,\u2018\u2019 he said, “and this has fostered inequality and established the principle of separateness.\u00a0 Men, instead of feeling at … Continue reading