The non-violent liberation theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi

Ephraim Meir

doi:10.3390/rel12100855

The non-violent liberation theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi

Ephraim Meir

The Matanel–Bar Ilan Center for the Study of French Jewish Thought

Stellenbosch University

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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 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.

Original language	English
Article number	855
Journal	Religions
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100855
State	Published - Oct 2021

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Keywords

Liberation theology
Religions
Suffering
Swaraj
Tradition
Zionism

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