Gandhi's View on Judaism and Zionism in Light of an Interreligious Theology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3596353
AutoresEphraim Meir (0000-0002-8858-1393, Bar-Ilan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen12
Número7
Páginas489
Fecha de publicación2021-06-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12070489
OpenAlexW3174614799
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas12

This article describes Gandhi's view on Judaism and Zionism and places it in the framework of an interreligious theology. In such a theology, the notion of "trans-difference" appreciates the differences between cultures and religions with the aim of building bridges between them. It is argued that Gandhi's understanding of Judaism was limited, mainly because he looked at Judaism through Christian lenses. He reduced Judaism to a religion without considering its peoplehood dimension. This reduction, together with his political endeavors in favor of the Hindu-Muslim unity and with his advice of satyagraha to the Jews in the 1930s determined his view on Zionism. Notwithstanding Gandhi's problematic views on Judaism and Zionism, his satyagraha opens a wide-open window to possibilities and challenges in the Near East. In the spirit of an interreligious theology, bridges are built between Gandhi's satyagraha and Jewish transformational dialogical thinking

Dialogical self · Epistemology · Hinduism · Interfaith Dialogue · Islam · Judaism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Zionism · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies