Mohandas Gandhi

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Justice and Prejudice: Mohandas Gandhi
1. Historical Context
Gandhi confronted various injustices in his culture including colonial subjugation, racial and class discrimination, oppression of the poor, the salt tax charged on Indians, and other forms of social injustice. He led the people of India towards independence from British colonialists, thus ending an era of colonial injustice.
2. Foundational Religious Experience
Following the train experience, the most likely reason for Gandhi’s choice was the fact that violence caused pain and humiliation to others. Hence, he thought a solution to this would be to avoid it through a non-violence approach. Nonviolence according to Gandhi promoted peace and coexistence and was the strongest change strategy the world needed (Groody 159).
3. Major metaphor
Gandhi’s idea of a friend is someone who is selfless, merciful, pure in intentions, contented, forgiving, loves equally and is dedicated to God in body and soul (Groody 155). However, friending on FB is not always based on genuine friendship intentions. People friend others based on their image and status, what they are doing, how they can benefit from them or merely because they are friends of others on FB. Most FB friends never truly get to know each other, be there for one another or provide the kind of support that would be expected of friends. This does not equate to friendship, and unconditional love as Gandhi would envision it.
4. Operative Theology Self-denial was instrumental operative theory and which helped Gandhi to grow in faith.

Gandhi believed in putting the welfare of others first, and by doing so, he learned the value of sacrificing himself for other peoples’ happiness brought him inner peace. He considered self-denial a pathway to justice, benevolence, legitimacy, and self-realization, often fasting and denying himself to identify with the poor (Groody 156).
5. Core Contribution
Gandhi played an important role in advocating for nonviolence, presenting it as what was needed to change the world. Steered by selflessness and devotion to social reform, Gandhi was willing to sacrifice his life to promote social change and end injustice (Groody 158). His personal transformation led him to seek a spiritual path, through which he inspired others toward promoting peace as opposed to violence. At the climax of Mohandas Gandhi’s legacy was the independence of India, having led his fellow citizens in protesting against the British rule and eventually the country’s freedom.
Work Cited
Groody, Daniel, G. Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice Revised Edition: Navigating a Path to
Peace. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015. Print.