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Truth, Religion and Non-Violence

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This paper is divided into three sections. The first examines what Gandhi means by the term Truth; the second looks at the relationship between Truth and Religion; and the third notes the inextricable relationship he conceives to exist between Truth and non-violence. Comparisons with western thought are implicit in the first section and explicit in sections two and three.

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Notes and References

  1. The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1968) Vol. VI, pp. 96–7.

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  2. N.K. Bose, Selections from Gandhi (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948) p. 4.

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  4. W. Cantwell Smith, The Meaning and End of Religion (New York: Mentor, 1964) p. 46 and p. 232 notes 153, 154, where Hegel is referred to as the first philosopher to regard religion as an entity preceding all historical manifestations.

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  5. Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers (New York: Harper, 1958) pp. 40, 54.

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  6. Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology (London: Nisbet, 1968) Vol. I, p. 242

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  7. Paul Tillich, The Future of Religions, edited by Jerald B. Brauer (New York: Harper and Row, 1966) pp. 88–90; cf. Systematic Theology, Vol. I, pp. 92–4, Vol. III, pp. 264–285.

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  8. D.Z. Phillips, Some Limits to Moral Endeavour, Inaugural Lecture (University College, Swansea, 1971) p. 7.

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  9. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1967) Vols 5–6, p. 120.

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  10. Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means (London: Chatto and Windus, 1941) p. 52.

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  1. Department of Religious Studies, University of Stirling, UK

    Glyn Richards (formerly Head)

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Richards, G. (1995). Truth, Religion and Non-Violence. In: Studies in Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24147-7_4

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