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Title Gandhi in a Canadian context : relationships between Mahatma Gandhi and Canada / Alex Damm, editor
Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016

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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
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence -- Congresses
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Teachings -- Congresses
SUBJECT Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. fast (OCoLC)fst00033822
Subject Nonviolence -- Congresses
Passive resistance -- Congresses
Statesmen -- India -- Biography -- Congresses
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Nonviolence.
Passive resistance.
Social conditions.
Statesmen.
Teachings.
SUBJECT Canada -- Social conditions -- Congresses
Subject Canada.
India.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Damm, Alex, 1973- author, editor
Gandhi in a Canadian Context (Conference) (2012 : Waterloo, Ont.)
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