Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Nonviolence in Theory and Practice on EtoBox?

Nonviolence in Theory and Practice by Robert L. Holmes is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Nonviolence in Theory and Practice about?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) Nonviolence in eastern philosophy and religion -- The ethics of Jainism / I.C. Sharma -- From The way of Lao Tzu -- On the Bhagavad-Gita / Doris Hunter -- Christianity and Judaism -- Nonviolence in the Talmud / Reuven Kimelman -- How transforming power has been used in the past by early Christians / Lawrence S. Apsey -- The challenge to governmental power -- Civil disobedience / Henry David Thoreau -- Three modern philosophers of nonviolence: Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King -- Nonresistance to evil -- Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby / Leo Tolstoy -- From passive resistance to direct action -- On Satyagraha / Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Satyagraha in action / Joan Bondurant -- Militant nonviolence -- How transforming power was used in modern times, against race prejudice in America / Lawrence S. Apsey -- Letter from Birmingham Jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Women and nonviolence -- The pioneers -- The women of the Bible and Greece / David Daube -- Nonviolence and women / Margaret Hope Bacon Women and militant nonviolence in the nuclear age -- On revolution and equilibrium / Barbara Deming -- Molly Rush and the plowshares eight / Liane Elliso

Who reads Nonviolence in Theory and Practice?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Robert L. Holmes
Publisher
Waveland Press, Incorporated
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9781577661832
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, Humanities
Rating
3.98 / 5 (34 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

More by Robert L. Holmes

Browse all works by Robert L. Holmes

Similar books