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[Boulding's belief in] the immediate experience of the Holy Spirit, or Inward Light, available to every man to teach, guide, reprove, and draw him up toward goodness.
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p. 253. cited in: D.A. Latzko (1995) "Kenneth E. Boulding (18 January 1910-19 March 1993)" in: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.

 

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