The non-violent liberation theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi

CITATION: Meir, E. 2021. The non-violent liberation theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mahatma Gandhi. Religions, 12:855, doi:10.3390/rel12100855.The original publication is available at https://www.mdpi.comThis article explores how Gandhi and Heschel developed a liberation theology that was rooted in their religious praxis, which implied an active, non-violent struggle for the rights of the oppressed. A first section discusses what separates the two spiritual giants. A second section describes the affinities between them. The third, main section describes how they formulated a non-violent liberation theology that aims at the liberation of all.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/10/855Publisher's versio