Nonviolence and Religion

• Other Authors: du Toit, Louise (Editor), Meir, Ephraim (Editor), Noort, Ed (Editor), Palaver, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Gandhi; interreligious theology; Judaism; Zionism; satyagraha; nonviolent resistance; Butler; performativity; relational ontology; sustainability; nonviolence; Catholic social thought; alternative development; liberation theology; religions; suffering; tradition; swaraj; M.K. Gandhi; R. Girard; mimetic rivalry; Sermon on the Mount; spiral of violence; detachment; religion; fear of death; conscientious objection; Christianity; conscription; pacifism; holy disobedience; nationalism; conservativism; political theology; Yoram Hazony; family; liberal democracy; Qur'an; violence; God-consciousness; hermeneutics; scriptures; Bhagavad Gita; Bible; Paul; history of reception; Jawdat Saʿid; Syria; Islam; Abel; Cain; Islamic theology; Tafsīr; Qurʾānic exegesis; Islamic reform; modernity; history; Chenoweth; gender; creative transgressions; revolution; Old Testament/Hebrew Bible; Daniel; Socrates; apocalypses; n/a
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This reprint discusses the relation between nonviolence and religion by adopting Mohandas K. Gandhi's concept of satyagraha as a starting point and by also discussing nonviolent hermeneutics of holy scriptures with a special emphasis on interpretations of the Qur'an. The first part consist...