How Did Gandhi's Beliefs Affect His Work For Social Change
How did Gandhi’s religious beliefs affect his work for social change?
Many people associate the name Gandhi with the principles of peaceful protest that fought for the independence of India From Britain and promoted religious freedom. Although this is true, Gandhi was more than a protestor and achieved change through a deep understanding of justice and religion; he used this knowledge to great effect and achieved change in a unique way. Born in 1869 in India where he was raised, he found his way to England to study law. After briefly returning to India, Gandhi traveled to South Africa where wealthy Muslims hired him as a lawyer. Whilst in Africa he developed his own political perspective based on the injustice and mistreatment he saw of Indians …show more content…
When you disobey one of the 10 commandments, you can still be admitted into Heaven by seeking redemption through prayer. Justice is delivered to Christians in three main places; Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. You are sent to Hell if you have carried out multiple sins and do not try to seek redemption. In the eyes of a Christian, Hell is where you are committed to burn eternally and suffer. Purgatory is an intermediate stage: half way between Hell and heaven. This is the place where you seek forgiveness to progress to Heaven. The fact that Jesus died for our sins indicates that forgiveness is central to the Christian …show more content…
This method, best known as ‘peaceful protest’, referrers to ‘the political and spiritual power that people possess when they take action with nonviolence, for example, by engaging in civil disobedience, or refusal to participate in oppressive systems’. All of Gandhi’s protests were peaceful and used this method, and as Gandhi fort for rights and freedom, this method was used a lot by him and his followers. Throughout the ‘non-cooperation protest’, Gandhi didn’t harm a thing and forced the government to halt the taxes of goods such as food due to the famine. This peaceful protest method had never been done to this extent before and succeeded. This success was purely thanks to Gandhi’s belief of
Many people associate the name Gandhi with the principles of peaceful protest that fought for the independence of India From Britain and promoted religious freedom. Although this is true, Gandhi was more than a protestor and achieved change through a deep understanding of justice and religion; he used this knowledge to great effect and achieved change in a unique way. Born in 1869 in India where he was raised, he found his way to England to study law. After briefly returning to India, Gandhi traveled to South Africa where wealthy Muslims hired him as a lawyer. Whilst in Africa he developed his own political perspective based on the injustice and mistreatment he saw of Indians …show more content…
When you disobey one of the 10 commandments, you can still be admitted into Heaven by seeking redemption through prayer. Justice is delivered to Christians in three main places; Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. You are sent to Hell if you have carried out multiple sins and do not try to seek redemption. In the eyes of a Christian, Hell is where you are committed to burn eternally and suffer. Purgatory is an intermediate stage: half way between Hell and heaven. This is the place where you seek forgiveness to progress to Heaven. The fact that Jesus died for our sins indicates that forgiveness is central to the Christian …show more content…
This method, best known as ‘peaceful protest’, referrers to ‘the political and spiritual power that people possess when they take action with nonviolence, for example, by engaging in civil disobedience, or refusal to participate in oppressive systems’. All of Gandhi’s protests were peaceful and used this method, and as Gandhi fort for rights and freedom, this method was used a lot by him and his followers. Throughout the ‘non-cooperation protest’, Gandhi didn’t harm a thing and forced the government to halt the taxes of goods such as food due to the famine. This peaceful protest method had never been done to this extent before and succeeded. This success was purely thanks to Gandhi’s belief of