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AN AGE OF GLOBAL DISCONTENT Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount

Humanity is currently under siege by mass protests, acts of terror, a deep-seated discontent, and a generation with an ‘inherited’ anger. A common denominator in the current uprisings is that most protesters are disillusioned young people seeking an uncorrupted future, who are willing to go to any length to secure it. The ‘Arab Spring’, which was limited to a region, a culture, and a faith, has now turned into an age of global discontent.

The voices of young ‘rebels’ are shaping nations like never before in history. The

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