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The spiritual superiority of the vanquished
‘The spiritual superiority of the vanquished’ – I came across that phrase in the Metzler Lexikon Weltliteratur entry on Stefan Zweig by Helmut Scheuer (in German: ‘die seelische Superiorität des...
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Nonviolent action
Even if nonviolent action does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor, it does affect those committed to it. As Martin Luther King Jr. attested, it gives them new self-respect and calls up...
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The very essence of Christianity
I don’t think that violence is Christian. … the very essence of Christianity is the cross. It is through the cross that we will change. Walter Wink, Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way Tagged:...
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We liberate a man
I have found Walter Wink’s brief little book on non-violence a thought-provoking read. He makes it quite clear that non-violence does not imply passive acceptance of an inhumane situation. Here’s an...
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The challenge
If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it. This is one of the statements that I most associate with Richard Rohr; and it is one that he must have said dozens of times. And so...
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If I kill my enemy
Peaceableness toward enemies is an idea that will, of course, continue to be denounced as impractical. It has been too little tried by individuals, much less by nations. It will not readily or easily...
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The spiritual superiority of the vanquished
‘The spiritual superiority of the vanquished’ – I came across that phrase in the Metzler Lexikon Weltliteratur entry on Stefan Zweig by Helmut Scheuer (in German: ‘die seelische Superiorität des...
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