Positive peace
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Quoting Jesus- “I come not to bring peace but a sword” - [Martin Luther] King insists that peace “is not merely the absence of some negative force - war, tension, confusion, but it is the presence of some positive force - justice, goodwill, the power of the kingdom of God.”[1]
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- ↑ https://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/Vol03Scans/207_29-Mar-1956_When%20Peace%20Becomes%20Obnoxious.pdf; “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” Sermon Delivered on 18 March 1956 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.