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Christian Non-Resistance

by Adin Ballou

In this short book, Ballou defends the notion that non-resistance (today we call it non-violence) is the superior Christian method, and the one practiced by Jesus himself.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1846

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Adin Ballou

United States

Adin Ballou was an American proponent of Christian nonresistance, Christian anarchism and socialism, abolitionism, and the founder of the Hopedale Community. Through his long career as a Universalist...

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