Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Mahatma Gandhi's understanding of Canada / Alex Damm -- A dent in his saintly halo? Mahatma Gandhi's intolerance against cowards / Scott Daniel Dunbar -- Gandhi and Islam: their history and implications for Canada today / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- Gandhi in Canadian academic religious studies : an overview / Harold Coward -- Do Gandhi's teachings have relevance today? / Kay Koppedrayer -- The Gandhian-inspired Mahila Shanti Sena movement in India and its Canadian connection / Anne M. Pearson -- "Gandhi" in Canada in the later part of the twentieth century / Paul Younger -- Mahatma Gandhi and Winnipeg, Manitoba / Klaus Klostermaier -- Who speaks for the conscience of Canada? Twenty years of Hamilton's Gandhi Peace Festival : local lessons, global relevance / Rama S. Singh |
Summary |
This book examines a variety of relationships between India's foremost independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and facets of life in Canada. The book's nine essays seek to draw our attention to Gandhi in a Canadian setting, a subject not only of academic study but also of enduring social importance |
Notes |
Essays in this volume were previously presented at the conference "Gandhi in a Canadian context" held in 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Congresses
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence -- Congresses
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Teachings -- Congresses
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SUBJECT |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. fast (OCoLC)fst00033822 |
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Nonviolence -- Congresses
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Passive resistance -- Congresses
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Statesmen -- India -- Biography -- Congresses
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Nonviolence.
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Passive resistance.
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Social conditions.
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Statesmen.
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Teachings.
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SUBJECT |
Canada -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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Canada.
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India.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Damm, Alex, 1973- author, editor
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Gandhi in a Canadian Context (Conference) (2012 : Waterloo, Ont.)
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ISBN |
9781771122597 |
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1771122595 |
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9781771122603 |
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1771122609 |
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9781771122351 |
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1771122358 |
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