Sider, Ronald J., <br/><br/>
Nonviolent action :  what Christian ethics demands but most Christians have never really tried / 
Ronald J. Sider ; foreword by Richard J. Mouw. 
 - xvi, 191 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. 
<br/><br/>Proving it works: from the early beginnings to stunning success -- Early Developments -- Gandhi: defeating the British Empire -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhian nonviolence: the battle against American racism -- Nonviolent intervention in guerrilla warfare -- Wheelchairs versus tanks -- Defeating the Soviet Empire -- Solidarity: a trade union and the Pope versus communist dictators -- The revolution of the candles: the nonviolent overthrow of East German communists -- Recent victories of a growing movement -- "Gather the women to pray for peace": Liberian Women Overthrow a Dictator -- Nonviolence in the Arab Spring -- Intervening, accompanying, and reporting: the growth of peacemaker teams -- The time to act -- Truly testing the possibilities of nonviolent action for the first time in Christian history -- The moral equivalent of war. 
<br/><br/> A noted theologian and bestselling author shows how nonviolent action has been practiced in history and in current social-political situations to promote peace and oppose injustice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781587433665 1587433664 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014040103 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.<br/>Christian ethics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT736.6  / .S53 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>241/.697