This project seeks to highlight the necessity for differential spatial critique within academic and utopian discourses by asking the question: “How can Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space help us understand Frederick Douglass’ history-changing escape from slavery, given the…
This thesis examines the late Muslim theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's ethics of nonviolence. It argues that the non-violent ethics of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi based on the Qur'an might aid in finding solutions to the global problem of religion and violence, particularly as it i…
In this thoughtful book culled from a wide range of experiences, Alice and Staughton Lynd introduce readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as'moral injury. 'From combat veterans of America's foreign wars to Israeli refuseniks,…
In this thoughtful book culled from a wide range of experiences, Alice and Staughton Lynd introduce readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as'moral injury.'From combat veterans of America's foreign wars to Israeli refuseniks, …
This thesis advances a claim for the centrality of a politics of peace in early Christianity, with particular focus given to the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Matthew. In brief, I argue that Paul’s task of announcing the gospel to the nations involved calling and equipping a…
Drawing on Gandhi's ideas and practice, Gregg explains in detail how the organized power of nonviolence (power-with) exercised against violent opponents can bring about small and large transformative social change and provide an effective substitute for war.
"Richard Gregg's The Power of Nonviolence (PNV) is one of the most important and influential texts in the history of nonviolence. It is even more important today as many aspects of Gregg's philosophy have stood the test of practice and time. It is a classic"--
"Richard Gregg's The Power of Nonviolence (PNV) is one of the most important and influential texts in the history of nonviolence. It is even more important today as many aspects of Gregg's philosophy have stood the test of practice and time. It is a classic"--
Nonviolent Communication stresses the importance of putting compassionate connection first. Compassionate parenting can help create a mutually respectful, enriching family dynamic filled with clear, heartfelt communication. An exceptional resource for parents, parent educators, …
Insights and stories fill this invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and others who want to nurture children and also themselves. The tenets of 'Nonviolent Communication' are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the home, in these booklets on how to…
While in his own time Gandhi was recognised by friends and enemies alike as a major political force, not only in India but the world at large, in our own day the Mahatma has been reduced to an idealist by his supporters as much as by his detractors. Whether this idealism is rega…
When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His "experiments with Truth" were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new te…
When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His "experiments with Truth" were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new te…