HIST 2474 - Peace and Justice: History, Theory, and Practice of Non-Violence

Credits: 3

This course is an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of non-violence, and traces the understanding of violence and non-violence in various religious traditions of the world. This course also investigates modern theories, strategies, and practitioners of non-violence including Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc. Particular attention is paid, in this course, to the spiritual values that underlie the rejection of violence and the methods that have been developed to bring about social change non-violently, historically and in the present. This course incorporates service-learning objectives through practicum. lecture hours 3 General Education Program Course GEP