| Description |
xvi, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
A noted theologian and bestselling author shows how nonviolent action has been practiced in history and in current social-political situations to promote peace and oppose injustice. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Proving it works: from the early beginnings to stunning success -- Early Developments -- Gandhi: defeating the British Empire -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhian nonviolence: the battle against American racism -- Nonviolent intervention in guerrilla warfare -- Wheelchairs versus tanks -- Defeating the Soviet Empire -- Solidarity: a trade union and the Pope versus communist dictators -- The revolution of the candles: the nonviolent overthrow of East German communists -- Recent victories of a growing movement -- "Gather the women to pray for peace": Liberian Women Overthrow a Dictator -- Nonviolence in the Arab Spring -- Intervening, accompanying, and reporting: the growth of peacemaker teams -- The time to act -- Truly testing the possibilities of nonviolent action for the first time in Christian history -- The moral equivalent of war. |
| Subject |
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
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Christian ethics.
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| ISBN |
9781587433665 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1587433664 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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