Special Issue
Nonviolence and 
 Religion

„In diesen friedens- und kriegsbewegten Zeiten ist es hilfreich,
Anregungen aus dem Bereich des interreligiösen Dialogs zu haben. Die
theologische online-Zeitschrift „Religions“ hat schon seit letztem Jahr
ein Special Issue unter dem Titel „Nonviolence and Religion“
herausgegeben“ (Stefan Silber).

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Gandhi and the Gender of Nonviolent Resistance

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Louise Du Toit

Religions 2022, 13(5), 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050467 – 23 May 2022

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The special issue of which this article forms a part looks at human violence and tries to investigate religious potentials to strengthen the case for nonviolence as the preferred method of social change. This article’s focus is on Gandhi’s version of a faith-based […] Read more.

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Islamic Hermeneutics of Nonviolence: Key Concepts and Methodological Steps

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Adnane Mokrani

Religions 2022, 13(4), 295; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13040295 – 29 Mar 2022

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The article traces the key concepts and methodological steps that make an Islamic theology of nonviolence plausible. It offers the tools for a critical reading of classical texts, “sacred” history, and globalized modernity. The article deals with the theology of nonviolence as part […] Read more.

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Jawdat Saʿid and the Islamic Theology and Practice of Peace

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Rüdiger Lohlker

Religions 2022, 13(2), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020160 – 11 Feb 2022

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Among the leading Islamic thinkers and activists promoting a theology of peace based on the Qur‘anic revelation is Jawdat Saʿid. Framing his role by an analysis following the conceptualization of Shahab Ahmed the Qur‘anic context of the ideas of Saʿid are presented, and […] Read more.

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Gandhi’s Use of Scriptures: A Hermeneutic of Nonviolenc
e against Letters That Kill

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Ed Noort

Religions 2022, 13(2), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020153 – 10 Feb 2022

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Against the background of differing opinions about Gandhi’s views on the relationship between political action and religious inspiration, this paper examines his use of scriptures, if he made hermeneutical decisions and if so, what they were. The starting point is a letter from […] Read more.

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Defending Victims, Practicing Restraint: God-Consciousness
and the Use of Force in the Qur’an

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John J. Ranieri

Religions 2022, 13(2), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020124 – 27 Jan 2022

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The Qur’an speaks frequently of victims and the need to defend them—whether they are the marginalized, the oppressed, those who bring God’s word to a resistant people, or the early community of believers. However, the obligation to defend victims leads to the question […] Read more.

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Saving Nation, Faith and Family.
Yoram Hazony’s National Conservativism and Its Theo-Political Mission

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Michaela Quast-Neulinger

Religions 2021, 12(12), 1091; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12121091 – 10 Dec 2021

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Particularly pushed by the Edmund Burke Foundation and its president Yoram Hazony, the political movement of National Conservativism is largely based on specific concepts of nation, faith and family. Driven by the mission to overcome the violence of liberalism, identified with imperialism, national […] Read more.

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Australian Christian Conscientious Objectors
during the Vietnam War Years 1964–72

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Geoffrey A Sandy

Religions 2021, 12(11), 1004; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12111004 – 15 Nov 2021

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Many young Christian men faced a moral dilemma when selective military conscription was introduced in Australia during the Vietnam War from 1964–72. The legislation was the National Service Act in 1964 (NSA). Some believed that their Christian conscience did not allow them to […] Read more.

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Gandhi’s Militant Nonviolence
 in the Light of Girard’s Mimetic Anthropology

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Wolfgang Palaver

Religions 2021, 12(11), 988; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110988 – 11 Nov 2021

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Nuclear rivalry, as well as terrorism and the war against terror, exemplify the dangerous escalation of violence that is threatening our world. Gandhi’s militant nonviolence offers a possible alternative that avoids a complacent indifference toward injustice as well as the imitation of violence […] Read more.

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The Non-Violent Liberation Theologies
of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi

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Ephraim Meir

Religions 2021, 12(10), 855; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855 – 11 Oct 2021

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This article explores how Gandhi and Heschel developed a liberation theology that was rooted in their religious praxis, which implied an active, non-violent struggle for the rights of the oppressed. A first section discusses what separates the two spiritual giants. A second section […] Read more.

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Gandhi and Sustainability. An Attempt to Update Timeless Ideas

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Wilhelm Guggenberger

Religions 2021, 12(9), 753; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090753 – 13 Sep 2021

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Linking Gandhi and sustainability may seem like a fashionable gimmick at first glance. However, if sustainability is understood in a holistic way, as a transformation of human–environment relations as well as of social and economic structures, this image changes. If one also takes […] Read more.

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When Bodies Speak Differently: Putting Judith Butler in Conversation
with Mahatma Gandhi on Nonviolent Resistance

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Louise Du Toit

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Jana Vosloo

Religions 2021, 12(8), 627; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12080627 – 10 Aug 2021

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This article puts political philosopher Judith Butler in conversation with Gandhi, on the topic of nonviolent resistance. More particularly, we compare them on a systematic philosophical level. Although we focus on Gandhi’s more activist side, by delving into the ontological presuppositions that Butler […] Read more.

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Gandhi’s View on Judaism and Zionism
in Light of an Interreligious Theology

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Ephraim Meir

Religions 2021, 12(7), 489; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12070489 – 30 Jun 2021

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This article describes Gandhi’s view on Judaism and Zionism and places it in the framework of an interreligious theology. In such a theology, the notion of “trans-difference” appreciates the differences between cultures and religions with the aim of building bridges between them. It […] Read more.

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