Spiritual transformation and nonviolent action: interpreting Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

From: Currents in Theology and Mission | Date: August 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., each in his own time and place, altered the course of a society through actions of militant nonviolent resistance in behalf of marginalized groups. Gandhi's primary work was in India between 1915 and his assassination in 1930. King's activity was chiefly but not exclusively in the Southeastern United States between 1955 and his assassination in 1968. Gandhi was a Hindu, who on occasion criticized Jesus for not showing love for nonhuman life but who also expressed admiration for Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, which he said "went straight to ...

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