a-christmas-sermon-on-peace

Lesson7SermonOnPeaceCATALOGUEIntroductiontotheAuthorDiscourseAnalysisOralPracticethroughDiscussionLanguagePointsKeystoExercisesOralPracticethroughDebatetextIHaveADreamIntroductiontotheAuthorKing,MartinLuther,Jr.(1929-1968)wasU.Scivilrightsleader.BorninAtlanta,hebecameanadherentofnon-violencephilosophieswhileincollege.Ordained(任命为）aBaptistministerin1954,hebecamepastorofachurchinMontgomery,Atlanta.HereceivedhisdoctoratefromBostonUniversityin1955.HewasselectedheadoftheMontgomeryImprovementAssociation,whoseeffortssoonendedthecity’spublictransportsegregationpolicies.IntroductiontotheAuthorIntroductiontotheAuthorIn1957,heformedtheSouthernChristianLeadershipConference(南方基督教领导会议)andbeganlecturingnationwide,urgingactivenonviolencetoachievecivilrightsforblacks.IntroductiontotheAuthorIn1960,hereturnedtoAtlantatobecomecopastorwithhisfatherofEbenezerBaptistChurch.Hewasarrestedforprotestingsegregationatachurchcounterandjailed.•Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident;thatallmenarecreatedequal.”•IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.•IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi,astateswelteringwithheatofinjusticeandoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.•Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontextoftheircharacter.DiscourseAnalysisPart1:Thetimehascomeforpeacenow–thetimehascomeformantoexperimentwithnonviolenceinallareasofhumanconflict,andthatmeansnonviolenceonaninternationalscale.Para.1-2Part2:Para.3-9A.Para.3-5Ifwearetohavepeaceonearth,ourloyaltiesmustbecomeecumenicalratherthansectional.Ourloyaltiesmusttranscendourrace,ourtribe,ourclass,andournation;andthismeanswemustdevelopaworldperspective.DiscourseAnalysisTheconditionsforachievingpeace:C.Para.9Ifwearetohavepeaceonearthandgoodwilltowardsmen,allmustalsobeconcernedaboutthenonviolentaffirmationofthesacrednessofallhumanlife.DiscourseAnalysisOralPracticethroughDiscussion:QuestionsandAnswers:Q1:Whydoestheauthorsay“ThisChristmasseasonfindsusaratherbewilderedhumanrace?”A1:Wehaveneitherpeacewithinnorpeacewithout.Everywhere…asakindofpiousdreamofsomeutopian.(Seeline1-5para.1)Q2:Whyisitimportantthatwehavegoodwilltowardallmeninthisworld?A2:Ifwedon’thavegoodwilltowardmeninthisworld,wewilldestroyourselvesbythemisuseofourowninstrumentsandourownpower.OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ3:Whydoestheauthorsay“GoodWilltowardMan”insteadofsaying“GoodWilltowardGoodMan”?A3:(Suggestedanswer)Whoaregood?Whoareevil?WhoknowsbutGodknows.MaybeGodhadthepowertomakejudgments.Menonearthhavenorighttojudgeoneanother.JustastheBiblesays(NewTestamentLuke6:37)“Judgenot,andyeshallnotbejudged.”OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ4:Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardwar?A4:Wisdombornofexperienceshouldtellusthatwarisobsolete…thenwemustfindanalternativetowar.(line7-12,para.1)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ5:Whydoestheauthorsuggestthatmodernmengoallouttostudythemeaningofnonviolence,itsphilosophyanditsstrategy?A7:Theauthorbelieveswarisobsoleteandcannolongerserveasanegativealternativegoodthatcanpreventthespreadandgrowthofallevilforce.Analternativetowarmustbefound–theChristianhopeofpeaceonearthandgood-willtowardsallmen.Accordingtotheauthor,nonviolenceistherightwaytorealizethisChristianhope.OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ6:Whatdoestheauthormeanby“nonviolenceonaninternationalscale”?A8:WehaveexperimentedwiththemeaningofnonviolenceinourstruggleforracialjusticeintheUnitedStates…nonviolenceonaninternationalscale.(para.2)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ7:Whatmustwedoifwearetohavepeaceonearth?A9:Ifwearetohavepeaceonearth,ourloyaltiesmustbecomeecumenicalratherthansectional…andthismeanswemustdevelopaworldperspective.(line1-2,para.3)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ8:Whyshouldwehaveaglobalperspective?A10:Noindividualcanlivealone…orwearegoingtoperishtogetherasfools…(line3-6,para.3;line1,para.4)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ9:WhatdoestheauthorwanttosaybymentioninghisexperienceinBombayandCalcutta?A11:Asnationsandindividuals,weareinterrelatedandinterdependent.Whateveraffectsonedirectly,affectsallindirectly.(para.5)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ10:Inwhatwaydoestheauthordemonstratehispointthatnationsandindividualsareinterdependent?A12:Bygivingvividexamplestoshowthatwearemadetolivetogetherbytheinterrelatedstructureofouruniverse.(para.5)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ11:Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsendsandmeans?A13:Endsandmeansmustcohere.(para.6)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ12:Whyendsandmeansmustcohere?A14:Becausemeansrepresenttheidealinthemaking…theendrepresentsthetree.(line6,para.7)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ13:InwhatwayweretheconquerorsofoldsuchasAlexander,JuliusCaesar,Charlemagne,andNapoleonsimilartooneanother?A15:Theywereakininseekingtheendofpeacethroughthemeansofwar.(line3,para.8)OralPracticethroughDiscussionQ14:Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardshumanlife?A16:Allhumanlifeissacredbeca