Introduction to Non-Violence by Theodore Paullin
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so-called pacifists are opposed to all wars, and some are not. Some who
oppose all wars find their authority in the will of God, while others find it largely in human reason. There are many other differences among them." "Biblical Nonresistance and Modern Pacifism," _The Mennonite Quarterly Review_, XVII, (July, 1943), 116. Hershberger is here defining pacifism broadly to include the European meaning of opposition to war, but not necessarily a refusal to take part in it. In the United States, and generally in Great Britain, the term is ordinarily applied only to those who actually refuse participation in war. [9] See Devere Allen, _The Fight for Peace_ (New York: Macmillan, 1930), 531-540. [10] On the origins of these terms see Haridas T. Muzumdar, _The United Nations of the World_ (New York: Universal, 1942), 201-203. [11] John Haynes Holmes, using the older term rather than "pacifist," has said, "The true non-resistant is militant--but he lifts his militancy from the plane of physical, to the plane of moral and spiritual force." _New Wars for Old_ (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1916), xiii. [12] Cecil John Cadoux, _Christian Pacifism Re-examined_ (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1940), 15-16; Leyton Richards, _Realistic Pacifism_ (Chicago: Willett, Clark, 1935), 3. [13] Shridharani, _War Without Violence_, 292. [14] John Lewis says, "We must draw a sharp distinction between the use |
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