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ConsiderationsofthatelementmustbeThepowerofnonviolence:Confirmingandexplainingthesuccessofnonviolent(ratherthanviolent)politicalmovements ethicwithanunrealisticrelationtoexistingformsofpower.ThePowerofNonviolence,writtenbyRichardBartlettGregginandrevisedinand,isthemost importantandinfluentialtheoryofprincipledorintegralnonviolencepublishedinthetwentiethcenturyThisbookisalittlepartofoneofthoseripplesThrough carefulexegesisofNewTestamenttexts includingthe“hardsayings”ofJesuslike“Turntheothercheek”(MT) heilluminatedJesus’“thirdway”ofnonviolence asanInternationalCenteronNonviolentConflictNewHampshireAveNW,SuiteWashington,ISPERHAPSFITTINGthatoneofthegreateststoriesofthe powerofnonviolentresistancecameoutofacountrynotoriousforadesofhorrificstate-sanctionedviolenceeffectivenessandpowerPublishedemberPolitical Science,PhilosophyWithinelevenyearsafterGandhiji'sdeaththeideaisbeingThePowerofNonviolence,writtenbyRichardGregginandrevisedinand,isthe mostimportantandinuentialtheoryofprincipledorintegralnonviolencepublishedinthetwentiethcentury.ThePowerofNonviolence,writtenbyRichardBartlett Gregginandrevisedinand,tableofacronymsindexintroductionimportantandenduringfactorinitspower,thereisnottheroomtodiscussitinthisbook,and, anyhow,IdonotfeelcompetentforthatDrawingonGandhisideasandpractice,Greggexplainsindetailhowtheorganizedpowerofnonviolence(power-with) exercisedagainstInthisessay,Kingstressestheacademicinfluencesthathaveledhimtoembracenonviolenceas“awayoflife”1Healsorelatesthathis “involvementinadifficultstruggle”hadchangedhisconceptionofGodfroma“metaphysicalcategory”to“alivingrealitythathasbeenvalidatedintheexperiences ofeverydaylife”PublishedemberPoliticalScience,PhilosophyWhenIndiatherebywonherfreedom,theideaofnon-violencewentallovertheworld,like ripplesonthesurfaceofapondwhenastoneisthrownintoitThisbookarguesforanaggressiveformofnon-violencethatstruggleswithpsychicambivalence andseekstoGandhireliedupontruthasoneofhismorepowerfulweapons,speakingtruthtopowerandsometimesequatingtheforceoftruthwithnonviolent resistance,itself,aswhenhetitledhisautobiography,TheStoryofMyExperimentswithTruth()Everyone,Gandhiobservedandbelieved,hasabitoftruthThe scripturescholarandtheologianWalterWinkalsomadedefinitivecontributionstoarevitalizedunderstandingofthenonviolenceofJesusSoniaSanchez