Non-violence in a violent environment: Still an option?

• Main Author: Melegrito, Ma. Lourdes F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Peace-building—Philippines—Religious aspects; Nonviolence—Philippines—Religious aspects; Peace and Conflict Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8881
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Philippines, where majority of its citizens are Christians, is mired by inequalities of economic and political power. Conflicts linked to issues of ethnicity and religious are stimulated by struggles over economic benefits and political participation. Victims of the inequalities who feel so econ...