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Spiritual and Political Dimensions of Nonviolence and Peace.
Title:
Spiritual and Political Dimensions of Nonviolence and Peace.
Author:
Boersema, David.
ISBN:
9789401203319
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series:
Value Inquiry Book Series, 182 ; v.v. 182

Value Inquiry Book Series, 182
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beyond Safe Ground -- Part One: Spiritual Dimensions -- ONE: Spirituality, Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence -- TWO: The Spiritual Side of Peacemaking -- THREE: Apocalyptic Thinking versus Nonviolent Action -- Part Two: Political Dimensions -- FOUR: Understanding "Operation Enduring Freedom" through the Persistence of Sacrifice, Revenge, and the Gift of Cruel Economies -- FIVE: Strategic Nonviolence in Africa: Reasons for its Embrace and Later Abandonment by Nkrumah, Nyerere, and Kaunda -- SIX: The Treasure of Japan's Article 9: The World's Foremost Law for Peace, Justice, and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution -- SEVEN: "Faceless Coward": Bush's Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric -- Part Three: Justice and Values -- EIGHT: No Justice, No Peace -- NINE: Sharing a Sense of Justice: The Role of Conscience in Political Protest -- TEN: Taking Compromise Seriously -- ELEVEN: Kant on Freedom, Happiness, and Peace -- Part Four: Action and Change -- TWELVE: A Normative Framework for Addressing Peace and Related Global Issues -- THIRTEEN: On Language and Social Change -- FOURTEEN: Making a Man of Her: Women in the Military -- FIFTEEN: Assumptions behind Different Types of Peace Education -- About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book is a collection of philosophical papers that explores theoretical and practical aspects and implications of nonviolence as a means of establishing peace. The papers range from spiritual and political dimensions of nonviolence to issues of justice and values and proposals for action and change.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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