{"id":210538,"date":"2022-05-02T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=210538"},"modified":"2022-04-30T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T10:28:51","slug":"peace-portraits-pathways-to-nonkilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/05\/peace-portraits-pathways-to-nonkilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Portraits: Pathways to Nonkilling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peace Portraits: Pathways to Nonkilling: A Memoir<\/em>, by Balwant Bhaneja<\/strong>
\nAvailable on Amazon<\/a> and in a Digital Kindle edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Center for Global Nonkilling (CGNK) nonkilling.org<\/p><\/div>\n

29 Apr 2022 –<\/em> The Center for Global Nonkilling has just released its latest book, co-published with Creighton University, which artfully explores the intersection between faith, ethics and politics in modern times:\u00a0Peace Portraits: Pathways to Nonkilling \u2013 A Memoir<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The intimate autobiographical portraits in the collection reveal how five global peace leaders \u2013Mahatma Gandhi, Lester B. Pearson, Glenn D. Paige, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai, and M\u00e1iread Corrigan Maguire impacted the author\u2019s life. Using their short biographies, Balwant Bhaneja examines the path of nonviolence and nonkilling.<\/p>\n

As Bhaneja writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace is a much abused word. It has been misused and misspoken by all sorts of leaders in defense of their insurgencies and wars\u2014Stalin mobilized the Soviet Union in the name of peace, Hitler\u2019s war to colonize Europe was to bring peace and prosperity for Germans, and even Bush\u2019s military intervention in Iraq was to introduce peace and democracy in the region to make America look great again. These wars of the previous century were fought in the name of peace which led to the deaths of around 200 million people, mostly innocent civilians.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He adds:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US involvement in the Afghanistan war in this century has been the longest in any foreign war, 20 years in 2021. You have to be naive to feel high-minded after having paid such a heavy toll, and have the gall to call it a \u201c\u2019mission of peace accomplished.\u2019\u201c<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By bringing together the spiritual life with the political, Bhaneja delves into the nature of personal conscience as embodied in the thoughts and actions of these peace champions. His definition of peace continues to evolve, from internal as peace of mind and personal happiness to peace outside, to see if and how it can be externalized to alleviate physical misery around. It is through this quest he came to learn about Nonkilling Peace and its measure. \u201cDeliberate killing of humans stops progress\u2014you stop killing, progress resumes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Glenn D. Paige on Bhaneja\u2019s book commented:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a unique contribution to nonkilling literature. Reminiscent of classics like St. Augustine and Tolstoy\u2014 it is not a story from bad to good, but from ahimsa to nonkilling\u2014good to good.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The author brings a wealth of experience to this important topic being active in promoting alternative visions of how politics might be conducted. A continuous thread through the book is the question: could we not take a portion of the money and resources put into armaments and military research and instead direct that to a ministry of peace? An interesting and worthwhile work.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Dr. Bill (Balwant) Bhaneja is a former Canadian science diplomat, a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>, and author of six books and scholarly papers on politics and science. He holds a PhD in science policy from UK\u2019s Victoria University of Manchester, currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Center for Global Nonkilling<\/a> in Honolulu-Hawai\u2019i of which he is a founding member, and produces the Nonkilling Arts Research Committee (NKARC)\u00a0 Newsletter. A peace activist, his recent books include:\u00a0<\/em> Troubled\u00a0 Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan (TSAR\/Mawenzi,\u00a0 Toronto, 2013);\u00a0<\/em> Quest for Gandhi: A Nonkilling Journey (Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii, 2009); and in collaboration with Vijay Tendulkar,<\/em> Two Plays: The Cyclist and<\/em> His Fifth Woman (Oxford University Press (India), New-Delhi, 2006). He lives in Ottawa, Canada. Email: billbhaneja@rogers.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Joam Jo\u00e1m Evans Pim is director of the Center for Global Nonkilling and a member of the TRANSCEND Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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