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American Nonviolence: The History of an Ideaby Ira ChernusISBN 1570755477 (1-57075-547-7)
Softcover, Orbis Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea'Book summary:Most Americans can recite the names of famous generals and historic battles. Some can also name champions of nonviolence like Martin Luther King Jr., or recall the struggles for peace and justice that run like a thread through U.S. history. But little attention is paid to the intellectual tradition of nonviolence. Ira Chernus surveys the evolution of this powerful idea from the Colonial Era up to today, focusing on representative movements (Anabaptists, Quakers, Anarchists, Progressives) and key individuals (Thoreau, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dorothy Day, A.J. Muste, King, Barbara Deming), including non-Americans like Mohandas Gandhi or Thich Nhat Hanh, who have helped form the idea of nonviolence in the United States. American Nonviolence offers an essential guide for both students and activists. [via]
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flamesby Nhat HanhISBN 1573229377 (1-57322-937-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames'Book summary:Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer, and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out" but to transform ourselves through mindfulness. Emphasizing our basic interdependence, he teaches us how to help others through deep listening and how to water the positive seeds in those around us while starving the negative seeds. Serious though lighthearted, Anger is a handbook not only for transforming anger but for living each moment beautifully. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Approaches to Disarmament: An Introductory Analysisby Nicholas Roger Alan SimsISBN 0901689084 (0-901689-08-4)
Hardcover, Friends Peace and International Relations Committee
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Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truthby Mohandas K. GandhiISBN 0486245934 (0-486-24593-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning points, successes, and challenges in his life to the will of God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices (he called himself a fruitarian), celibacy, and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps. A reader expecting a complete accounting of his actions, however, will be sorely disappointed.
Although Gandhi presents his episodes chronologically, he happily leaves wide gaps, such as the entire satyagraha struggle in South Africa, for which he refers the reader to another of his books. And writing for his contemporaries, he takes it for granted that the reader is familiar with the major events of his life and of the political milieu of early 20th-century India. For the objective story, try Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life. For the inner world of a man held as a criminal by the British, a hero by Muslims, and a holy man by Hindus, look no further than these experiments. --Brian Bruya [via]
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An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truthby M.K. Gandhi, Mahadev DesaiISBN 0934676682 (0-934676-68-2)
Softcover, Greenleaf Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. [via]
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Choosing Against War: A Christian View ""a Love Stronger Than Our Fearsby John D. RothISBN 1561483591 (1-56148-359-1)
Softcover, Good Books
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In fresh, confessional language, Roth shares his convictions about Christian pacifism, inviting others to consider this possibility, all the while humbly admitting the difficulties.
What would happen if Christians assumed that their allegiance to God, their identity with Christ, and their commitment to the church would inevitably lead them to respond to the worlds pain differently because of their faith? In the face of violence, are there any options open to the Christian believer other than the "default" impulse toward patriotic unity and a steely determination to exact "an eye for an eye"?
A must-read for anyone concerned about the endless cycles of wars and violence, and the possibility that Gods love is stronger than our societys current answers. [via]
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Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflictby Joan Valerie BondurantISBN 069102281X (0-691-02281-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Dynamics of Nonviolent Actionby Gene SharpISBN 0875580726 (0-87558-072-6)
Softcover, Porter Sargent Pub
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Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Dominationby Walter WinkISBN 080062646X (0-8006-2646-X)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Essential Gandhiby Mahatma Gandhi, Louis FischerISBN 1400030501 (1-4000-3050-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas'Book summary:Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma ( great soul ), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this nations own civil rights movement. Taken from Gandhis writings throughout his life, The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders the world has known.
Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. . . . We may ignore him at our own risk. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
With a new Preface drawn from the writings of Eknath Easwaran
In the annals of spirituality certain books stand out both for their historical importance and for their continued relevance. The Vintage Spiritual Classics series offers the greatest of these works in authoritative new editions, with specially commissioned essays by noted contemporary commentators. Filled with eloquence and fresh insight, encouragement and solace, Vintage Spiritual Classics are incomparable resources for all readers who seek a more substantive understanding of mankind's relation to the divine. [via] -
The Essential Gandhiby Louis Fischer, Mahatma GandhiISBN 0394714660 (0-394-71466-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Faith and Violence: Christian Teaching and Christian Practiceby Thomas MertonISBN 0268000948 (0-268-00094-8)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Ferdinand the BullISBN 1579820182 (1-57982-018-2)
Hardcover, Merrymakers Distribution
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Ferdinandus Taurusby Munro LeafISBN 0613563670 (0-613-56367-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ferdinandus Taurus'Book summary:Once upon a time, there lived in Spain a bull named Ferdinand. While his brothers liked to charge around the field, butt their heads together and to generally act ferocious, Ferdinand liked nothing better than to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. He was, you see, a placid and a gentle bull whose only desire in life was to be let alone. And his life would have proceeded very nicely had he not one day placed his considerable rump on a bumblebee on the very same day that five men arrived from Madrid searching for a new star for the corrida.
This classic tale by Munro Leaf, which has enchanted children for over fifty years, is here translated for the first (and certainly the last) time into (mirabile dictu) Latin. It comes with a complete glossary of words, and, of course, with the wonderful, appropriate, and droll drawings from the pen of the inimitable Robert Lawson (for whom the book was originally written). [via]More editions of Ferdinandus Taurus:
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflictby Peter Ackerman, Jack DuvallISBN 0312240503 (0-312-24050-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict'Book summary:"In a contest of violence against violence," the philosopher Hannah Arendt observed, "the superiority of the government has always been absolute." When confronted with nonviolent resistance on the part of the downtrodden, however, governments have often crumbled--witness the fall of South Africa's apartheid regime and the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia.
The worldwide spread of democracy in the 20th century, documentary writers Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall maintain, "would not have come to pass without the power of ordinary people who defied oppressive rulers not by force of arms, but by nonviolent action." By way of example, they cite the collapse of the Argentine military regime following peaceful protests by the mothers of men and women who had been murdered by the secret police; the eventual undermining of the Polish Communist regime by the nonviolent Solidarity labor movement; the refusal of the Danish people to comply with the laws of their Nazi occupiers during World War II; and the exemplary work done in India (and, earlier, South Africa) by Mohandas Gandhi, who took pains to emphasize that nonviolence does not imply passivity.
Ackerman and DuVall's book, the companion volume to a PBS television series, will be of much interest to political activists of all stripes, as well as to students of contemporary history. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Gandhi And Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorismby David CortrightISBN 1594512663 (1-59451-266-3)
Softcover, Paradigm Pub
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Gandhi the Manby Eknath EaswaranISBN 0915132966 (0-915132-96-6)
Softcover, Nilgiri Pr
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Gandhi's Autobiographyby Mohandas Karamchand GandhiISBN 0818302232 (0-8183-0223-2)
Hardcover, Public Affairs Pr
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Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolenceby Erik H. EriksonISBN 0393310345 (0-393-31034-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Wayby Walter WinkISBN 0800636090 (0-8006-3609-0)
Softcover, Fortress Pr
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The Kingdom of God Is Within Youby Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black GarnettISBN 1420924877 (1-4209-2487-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kingdom of God Is Within You'Book summary:In affirming my belief in Christs teaching, I could not help explaining why I do not believe, and consider as mistaken, the Churchs doctrine, which is usually called Christianity. [via]
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The Kingdom Of God Is Within You: Christianity Not As A Mystic Religion But As A New Theory Of Lifeby Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black GarnettISBN 1557429286 (1-55742-928-6)
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Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Changeby Nhat HanhISBN 0938077635 (0-938077-63-5)
Softcover, Parallax Pr
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A Man to Match His Mountains: Badshah Khan, Nonviolent Soldier of Islamby Eknath EaswaranISBN 0915132346 (0-915132-34-6)
Softcover, Nilgiri Press
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Methods of Nonviolent Actionby Gene SharpISBN 0875580718 (0-87558-071-8)
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Non-Violent Resistanceby GandhiISBN 0486416062 (0-486-41606-2)
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Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Ideaby Mark KurlanskyISBN 0679643354 (0-679-64335-4)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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The Nonviolent Atonementby J. Denny WeaverISBN 0802849083 (0-8028-4908-3)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nonviolent Atonement'Book summary:This challenging work explores the history of the Christian doctrine of atonement, exposing the intrinsically violent dimensions of the traditional, Anselmian satisfaction atonement view and offering instead a new, thoroughly nonviolent paradigm for understanding atonement based on narrative Christus Victor. The book develops a two-part argument. J. Denny Weaver first develops narrative Christus Victor as a comprehensive, nonviolent atonement motif. The other side of the discussion exposes the assumptions and the accommodation of violence in traditional atonement motifs. The first chapter lays out narrative Christus Victor as nonviolent atonement that reflects the entire biblical story, though paying particular attention to Revelation, the Gospels, and Paul. This biblical discussion also touches on the Old Testament story, Hebrew sacrifices, and the book of Hebrews. Following chapters place narrative Christus Victor in conversation with defenders of Anselm and with representatives of black, feminist, and womanist theologies. These discussions expose an accumulation of dimensions of violence in the several forms of satisfaction atonement. A final substantive chapter analyzes the inadequacy of all attempts to defend Anselm against the recent challenges raised by feminist and womanist perspectives. This analysis lays bare the violent dimensions of satisfaction atonement, which can be camouflaged but not removed. In light of this discussion, Weaver argues that the view of satisfaction atonement must be abandoned and replaced with narrative Christus Victor as the only thoroughly biblical and thoroughly nonviolent alternative. [via]
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassionby Marshall B. RosenbergISBN 1892005026 (1-892005-02-6)
Softcover, Independent Pub Group
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Lifeby Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun GandhiISBN 1892005034 (1-892005-03-4)
Softcover, Keep Coming Back/Puddle Dancer Pr
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Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a Man to Match His Mountainsby Eknath EaswaranISBN 1888314001 (1-888314-00-1)
Softcover, Nilgiri Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a Man to Match His Mountains'Book summary:Abdul Ghaffar Khan didn't have to struggle. Having been born into wealth and privilege, he could have cooperated with the British colonialists and lived the good life. But the violence endemic to his Pathan society, in which honor demanded that no wrong go unavenged, drove him to seek an alternative that could express the true spirit of Islam. Ghaffar Khan found this path in Gandhi's movement of nonviolence, and in one of the most remarkable social transformations in history, he turned a people known for their fierceness into the largest army of nonviolent soldiers the world has every seen. The Khudai Khitmatgar (servants of God, or Red Shirts, as the British called them) united in the cause of nonviolent revolution, fighting the British with passive resistance and noncooperation. Although the price they paid under savage British suppression was enormous, they never buckled. They won the honor of all India, and Ghaffar Khan became known as the Frontier Gandhi. Ghaffar Khan also paid an enormous personal price, ultimately spending over half of his life in prison, first under the British and then under the Pakistanis, who squelched his call for a free Pathan homeland. Nonviolent Soldier of Islam a biography by the great spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran, keeps Ghaffar Khan's spirit alive, a beacon for all who believe in freedom, dignity, and peace. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Lifeby Thich Nhat HahnISBN 0553351397 (0-553-35139-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life'Book summary:Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethicsby Stanley HauerwasISBN 0268015546 (0-268-01554-6)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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"Hauerwas restores our confidence that at its best theology need not fail those whose vision of the world has the integrity of the best novelists and critics." Alasdair MacIntyre, America [via]
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Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolenceby Stanley HauerwasISBN 1587430762 (1-58743-076-2)
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The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Nosterby John Howard YoderISBN 0802807348 (0-8028-0734-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster'Book summary:Tradition has painted a portrait of a Savior aloof from governmental concerns and whose teachings point to an apolitical life for his disciples. How, then, are we to respond today to a world so thoroughly entrenched in national and international affairs? But such a picture of Jesus is far from accurate, argues John Howard Yoder.
Using the texts of the New Testament, Yoder critically examines the traditional portrait of Jesus as an apolitical figure and attempts to clarify the true impact of Jesus' life, work, and teachings on his disciples' social behavior.
The book first surveys the multiple ways the image of an apolitical Jesus has been propagated, then canvasses the Gospel narrative to reveal how Jesus is rightly portrayed as a thinker and leader immediately concerned with the agenda of politics and the related issues of power, status, and right relations. Selected passages from the epistles corroborate a Savior deeply concerned with social, political, and moral issues.
In this thorough revision of his acclaimed 1972 text, Yoder provides updated interaction with publications touching on this subject. Following most of the chapters are new "epilogues" that summarize research conducted during the last two decades -- research that continues to support the insights set forth in Yoder's original work.
Currently a standard in many college and seminary ethics courses, The Politics of Jesus is also an excellent resource for the general reader desiring to understand Christ's response to the world of politics and his will for those who would follow him. [via]More editions of The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster:
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Power and Struggleby Gene SharpISBN 087558070X (0-87558-070-X)
Softcover, Porter Sargent Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power and Struggle'Book summary:Power And Struggle begins with an examination of political power. It is often assumed that power derives from violence and can be controlled only by greater violence. Actually, power derives from sources in the society which may be restricted or severed by withdrawal of cooperation by the populace. The political power of governments may in fact be very fragile. Even the power of dictators may be destroyed by withdrawal of the human assistance which made the regime possible. Nonviolent action is based on that insight. [via]
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Power of Non-Violenceby Richard B. GreggISBN 1406789410 (1-4067-8941-0)
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The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peaceby Howard ZinnISBN 0807014079 (0-8070-1407-9)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millenniumby Walter WinkISBN 0385487525 (0-385-48752-5)
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Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colonyby Stanley Hauerwas, William H. WillimonISBN 0687361591 (0-687-36159-1)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony'Book summary:In this bold and visionary book, two leading Christian thinkers explore the "alien" status of Christians in today's world and offer a compelling new vision of how the Christian church can regain its vitality, battle its malaise, reclaim its capacity to nourish souls, and stand firmly against the illusions, pretensions, and eroding values of today's world. Hauerwas and Willimon call for a radical new understanding of the church. By renouncing the emphasis on personal psychological categories, they offer a vision of the church as a colony, a holy nation, a people, a family standing for sharply focused values in a devalued world. [via]
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Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolenceby Pam McAllisterISBN 0865710163 (0-86571-016-3)
Softcover, New Society Publishers
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Stop The Next War Now: Effective Responses To Violence And Terrorismby Medea Benjamin, Jodie EvansISBN 1930722494 (1-930722-49-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stop The Next War Now: Effective Responses To Violence And Terrorism'Book summary:Violence begets violenceso believes the majority of people around the world who have stood up in protest against war. Stop the Next War Now is a reflective look and call to action to end violence, by acclaimed peace activists, experts, and visionaries, including Eve Ensler, Barbara Lee, Arianna Huffington, Janeane Garafalo, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many more. The book shares expert insight on the issues and powers-that-be that encourage war, including the media, politicians, global militarization, and the pending scarcity of natural resources. A powerful, smart, and passionate work, this book aims to educate and reflect on the effectiveness of peace movement activities and offer hopethrough shared ideas, action steps, and checkliststo transform a culture of violence to a culture of peace. How can people humanize each other, ask the authors, and act as responsible global citizens? With vitality, joy, and a dash of CODEPINK-style humor, Stop the Next War Now insists that the time is ripe for the first-ever global movement to put an end to warand tells readers what they can do about it.[via]More editions of Stop The Next War Now: Effective Responses To Violence And Terrorism:
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Story of Ferdinandby Munro Leaf, Robert LawsonISBN 0140502343 (0-14-050234-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of Ferdinand'Book summary:What else can be said about the fabulous Ferdinand? Published more than 50 years ago (and one of the bestselling children's books of all time), this simple story of peace and contentment has withstood the test of many generations. Ferdinand is a little bull who much prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree-- just smelling the flowers--to jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. This cow is no coward--he simply has his pacifist priorities clear. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, until the day he meets with the wrong end of a bee. In a show of bovine irony, the one day Ferdinand is most definitely not sitting quietly under the cork tree (due to a frightful sting), is the selfsame day that five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid.
Ferdinand's day in the arena gives readers not only an education in the historical tradition of bullfighting, but also a lesson in nonviolent tranquility. Robert Lawson's black-and-white drawings are evocative and detailed, with especially sweet renditions of Ferdinand, the serene bull hero. The Story of Ferdinand closes with one of the happiest endings in the history of happy endings--readers of all ages will drift off to a peaceful sleep, dreaming of sweet-smelling flowers and contented cows. [via]
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Strength to Loveby Martin Luther KingISBN 0800614410 (0-8006-1441-0)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.by Martin Luther King, James Melvin WashingtonISBN 0060646918 (0-06-064691-8)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King Jr.by Martin Luther King, J.M. WashingtonISBN 0062509314 (0-06-250931-4)
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Tolstoy's Writings on Civil Disobedience and Non-Violenceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0720687012 (0-7206-8701-2)
Hardcover, Owen
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Victories Without Violenceby Ruth FryISBN 0943734061 (0-943734-06-1)
Softcover, Ocean Tree Books
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Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice And 21st Century Potentialby Gene Sharp, Joshua Paulson, Christopher A. Miller, Hardy MerrimanISBN 0875581625 (0-87558-162-5)
Softcover, Porter Sargent Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice And 21st Century Potential'Book summary:This groundbreaking new work builds on 50 years of Gene Sharps definitive academic research and practical experience aiding nonviolent struggles around the world.
Recently, advocates have applied these methods and strategies with great success in Serbia and Ukraine. In his most recent work, Dr. Sharp shows how to strategically plan nonviolent struggle and make it more effective.
In Waging Nonviolent Struggle, Dr. Sharp documents 23 significantand often successful20th century nonviolent struggles in a range of cultural and political contexts, and reaffirms nonviolent action as a realistic and powerful alternative to both passivity and violence.
Building on the power analysis of his seminal Politics of Nonviolent Action, Dr. Sharp coherently integrates his theories into praxis, with a vitality tested on the frontlines, often under extreme violence.
Any serious studentor practitionerof nonviolent struggle will find this book an invaluable resource. Skeptics will be compelled to seriously consider nonviolent actions viability.
Todays world is in desperate need of realistic alternatives to violent conflict. Waging Nonviolent Struggle demonstrates that these alternatives exist. [via]
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1414505396 (1-4145-0539-6)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:Illustrated. This book established the credentials of Thoreau to forever speak for America's love of natural beauty. Walden is about a man, a pond, and the great woods of the country By Henry Thoreau. [via]
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan LevinISBN 1593082088 (1-59308-208-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden And Civil Disobedience'Book summary:[via]Walden and Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
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Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry.Jonathan Levin is Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of Literature and Culture at SUNY-Purchase. His research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and culture, modernism and modernity, and environmental studies. He is the author of The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism, as well as numerous essays and reviews.
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Walden and Resistance to Civil Governmentby Henry David Thoreau, Owen Thomas, William RossiISBN 0393959058 (0-393-95905-8)
Softcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden and Resistance to Civil Government'Book summary:On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into the cabin he had built on the shore of Walden Pond, thus beginning the most famous experiment in simple living in American history. On the 150th anniversary of that event, Houghton Mifflin, successor to Thoreau's original publisher, is proud to publish a new edition of Walden, annotated by the distinguished Thoreau scholar Walter Harding and illustrated with Thoreau's own drawings. Even those who have read Walden many times will find much that is new in this edition, and those reading the book for the first time will discover why it has changed the lives of generations of readers. [via]
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Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"by Henry David ThoreauISBN 0451527070 (0-451-52707-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Warriors of Peace: Writings on the Technique of Nonviolenceby Joseph Jean Lanza del VastoISBN 0394709330 (0-394-70933-0)
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Why We Can't Waitby King, Martin Luther, Jr.ISBN 0451627547 (0-451-62754-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why We Can't Wait'Book summary:Written nearly thirty years ago, an impassioned work by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., shares a heartfelt argument for equality and an end to racial discrimination that explains why the civil rights struggle is vital to the United States. Reissue. [via]
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Why We Can't Waitby Martin Luther King, Jackson, Jesse L., (AFT)ISBN 0451527534 (0-451-52753-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why We Can't Wait'Book summary:Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963[via]
Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, Wait. But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim&when you see the vast majority of twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cant go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky&when you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you&when&your wife and mother are never given the respected title Mrs.&when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of nobodinessthen you will understand why we find it difficult to wait. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
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Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolenceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0865711100 (0-86571-110-0)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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Autobiografia Mahatma Ghandi/ Mahatma Ghandi Auto Biographyby M GhandiISBN 8489897492 (84-89897-49-2)
Softcover, Arkano Books
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El Cuento De Ferdinando/the Story of Ferdinandby Munro Leaf, Robert LawsonISBN 0140542531 (0-14-054253-1)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Cuento De Ferdinando/the Story of Ferdinand'Book summary:What else can be said about the fabulous Ferdinand? Published more than 50 years ago (and one of the bestselling children's books of all time), this simple story of peace and contentment has withstood the test of many generations. Ferdinand is a little bull who much prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree-- just smelling the flowers--to jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. This cow is no coward--he simply has his pacifist priorities clear. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, until the day he meets with the wrong end of a bee. In a show of bovine irony, the one day Ferdinand is most definitely not sitting quietly under the cork tree (due to a frightful sting), is the selfsame day that five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid.
Ferdinand's day in the arena gives readers not only an education in the historical tradition of bullfighting, but also a lesson in nonviolent tranquility. Robert Lawson's black-and-white drawings are evocative and detailed, with especially sweet renditions of Ferdinand, the serene bull hero. The Story of Ferdinand closes with one of the happiest endings in the history of happy endings--readers of all ages will drift off to a peaceful sleep, dreaming of sweet-smelling flowers and contented cows. [via]
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Ferdinandus Taurusby Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson, Elizabetha HadasISBN 1567921272 (1-56792-127-2)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ferdinandus Taurus'Book summary:Once upon a time, there lived in Spain a bull named Ferdinand. While his brothers liked to charge around the field, butt their heads together and to generally act ferocious, Ferdinand liked nothing better than to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. He was, you see, a placid and a gentle bull whose only desire in life was to be let alone. And his life would have proceeded very nicely had he not one day placed his considerable rump on a bumblebee on the very same day that five men arrived from Madrid searching for a new star for the corrida.
This classic tale by Munro Leaf, which has enchanted children for over fifty years, is here translated for the first (and certainly the last) time into (mirabile dictu) Latin. It comes with a complete glossary of words, and, of course, with the wonderful, appropriate, and droll drawings from the pen of the inimitable Robert Lawson (for whom the book was originally written). [via]More editions of Ferdinandus Taurus:
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