There are numerous examples throughout history of effective nonviolent action. Nonviolent protesters defied the Soviet Empire's communist rulers, Gandhi's nonviolent revolution defeated the British Empire, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s peaceful civil-rights crusade changed American history. Recent scholarship shows that nonviolent revolutions against injustice and dictatorship are actually more successful than violent campaigns. In this book, noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider argues that the search for peaceful alternatives to violence is not only a practical necessity in the wake of the twentieth century--the most bloody in human history--but also a moral demand of the Christian faith. He presents compelling examples of how nonviolent action has been practiced in history and in current social-political situations to promote peace and oppose injustice, showing that this path is a successful and viable alternative to violence.
- ISBN10 1587433664
- ISBN13 9781587433665
- Publish Date 17 February 2015 (first published 10 February 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Baker Publishing Group
- Imprint Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English