Nonviolent action :
by Sider, Ronald J.
Physical details: xvi, 191 pages ; 23 cm ISBN:9781587433665 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1587433664 (pbk. : alk. paper); 978158733665.
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Christian ethics
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Nonviolence
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Religious aspects
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| BT 736.4.SEE c2 Seeking cultures of peace | BT 736.4 WEI Die Friedenslehre des Augustinus : | BT 736.6 DUN The peace of the present : | BT 736.6 SID Nonviolent action : | BT 738 ALB The character of our communities : | BT 738.CAL The Church and social justice | BT 738.FES Chrétiens marxistes et théologie de la libération: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Proving it works: from 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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 -- Part IV. The time to act -- Truly testing the possibilities of nonviolent action: for the first time in Christian history -- The moral equivalent of war.
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.
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