List of pacifist faiths: Difference between revisions
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* [[Hinduism]] - contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist |
* [[Hinduism]] - contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist |
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* [[Hutterites]] |
* [[Hutterites]] |
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* [[Islam]] - violence is condemned in the Qur'an & Hadith. |
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* [[Jainism]] |
* [[Jainism]] |
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* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] |
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* [[Religious Society of Friends|Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)]] |
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* [[Schwarzenau Brethren]] - [[Church of the Brethren]], [[The Brethren Church]], [[Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International]], [[Dunkard Brethren]], [[Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches]], [[Old German Baptist Brethren]] |
* [[Schwarzenau Brethren]] - [[Church of the Brethren]], [[The Brethren Church]], [[Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International]], [[Dunkard Brethren]], [[Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches]], [[Old German Baptist Brethren]] |
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* some [[Shia Islam]] sects (which forbid [[offensive jihad]] "permissible in Sunni Islam... prohibited for some of the larger groups of Shi'i Islam.") |
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* [[Swedenborgianism]] |
* [[Swedenborgianism]] |
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* [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalist]] |
* [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalist]] |
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Revision as of 15:03, 20 November 2007
This is a list of faiths or religious groups that teach pacifism. Not all have historically practiced pacifism; however, their emphasis on peace is not denied.
- Amish
- Anglicanism- contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist
- Bruderhof Communities
- Buddhism - contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist
- Cathars (Assembly of Good Christians)
- Catholic peace traditions - Catholicism has been partly pacifist at times
- Doukhobors
- Hinduism - contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist
- Hutterites
- Jainism
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Mennonite
- Methodism - contains a notable tradition, but not uniformly pacifist
- Molokans
- Oomoto
- Raëlism
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Schwarzenau Brethren - Church of the Brethren, The Brethren Church, Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International, Dunkard Brethren, Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Old German Baptist Brethren
- some Shia Islam sects (which forbid offensive jihad "permissible in Sunni Islam... prohibited for some of the larger groups of Shi'i Islam.")
- Swedenborgianism
- Unitarian Universalist
- Unity Church - Charles Fillmore wrote that wars would not end until humans lost the mentality of killing animals for food.
- Seventh-day Adventists