To disclose this Jesus, Du Bois favored biblical references to a global family in Christ and Jesus’ emphasis on peace in the Sermon on the Mount: There comes a priest of the meek and lowly Jesus—a Servant of the Servant who said Blessed are the Meek, Blessed are the Poor, Blessed are the Merciful, Blessed are the Peace-makers, Blessed are the Persecuted.16 Du Bois’ use of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was a rebuke of dominant political authorities who saw no incongruity between domination of the poor, white supremacy, and Christianity.
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