Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
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We’ve been conditioned to think the only responses to violence are passivity or more violence. Jesus rejected these two options as utterly uncreative, choosing instead nonviolent resistance as a third way. In this book, Mark Kurlansky traces the history of nonviolence showing how it can and does work. There are meatier books out there on the idea and practice of nonviolent resistance, but this is an excellent introduction and a great place to start. Living in a world addicted to violence, we desperately need to (re)learn nonviolence in the church and classroom.