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Article

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

by
Ephraim Meir
1,2
1
Department of Jewish Philosophy, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
2
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
Religions 2021, 12(10), 855; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855
Submission received: 20 September 2021 / Revised: 1 October 2021 / Accepted: 3 October 2021 / Published: 11 October 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonviolence and Religion)
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Abstract

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 describes the affinities between them. The third, main section describes how they formulated a non-violent liberation theology that aims at the liberation of all.
Keywords: liberation theology; religions; suffering; tradition; Zionism; swaraj liberation theology; religions; suffering; tradition; Zionism; swaraj

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Meir, E. The Non-Violent Liberation Theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi. Religions 2021, 12, 855. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855

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Meir E. The Non-Violent Liberation Theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi. Religions. 2021; 12(10):855. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855

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Meir, Ephraim. 2021. "The Non-Violent Liberation Theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi" Religions 12, no. 10: 855. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855

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Meir, E. (2021). The Non-Violent Liberation Theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi. Religions, 12(10), 855. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855

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