nonviolent resistance
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The article suggested Christians should embrace nonviolent resistance and the tradition of martyrs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
But what we can do is call attention to the forms of nonviolent resistance that challenge our prevalent culture of rage and alienation.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
Wong, who spent decades teaching a doctrine of nonviolent resistance, died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 69, due to cardiopulmonary failure with complications from endocarditis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Participants were not only educated in the principles of nonviolent resistance but went through role-playing exercises to learn how to withstand the worst insults and attacks without succumbing to rage.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
They committed themselves to the spirit and practice of nonviolent resistance as a means of challenging segregation in all its forms.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
