Gandhi over oorlog, Volkenbond en ontwapening

Ligt, Bart de [1883-1938]

Published by Erven J. Bijleveld (1932), Utrecht, 1932

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19x13cm, 30,(2) pp. ["Bartholomeus de Ligt was a Dutch anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist. He is chiefly known for his support of conscientious objectors. In 1914, de Ligt joined with fellow pastors A. R. de Jong and Truus Kruyt to write " The Guilt of the Churches", charging that the Christian establishment had been complicit in the events that produced World War I. Afterwards, all of his writings became forbidden literature for the Dutch armed forces. His impassioned sermons in support of conscientious objection resulted in his being banned from those parts of the Netherlands considered to be in the war zone. In 1918 he resigned as pastor declaring that, because of his increasingly universalist approach to religion, he no longer considered himself to be specifically a Christian. In 1918, De Ligt married the Swiss activist Catherina Lydia van Rossem, with whom he had a son. He was imprisoned in 1921 for organizing a general strike to gain the release of Herman Groenendaal, a jailed conscientious objector who had gone on a hunger strike. Later that year, he founded the IAMB (International Anti- Militarism Bureau). As he was becoming more involved with the work of the League of Nations, in 1925 he moved to Geneva, where he remained for the rest of his life. However, De Ligt became sceptical about the League's efforts, viewing it as how the colonial powers maintained an unjust world order. De Ligt instead regarded the Brussels Congress Against Colonial Oppression and Imperialism, held in 1927 as more representative of the world's population.,." - wikipedia]. Some pencilled notes and underlinings. Good. Seller Inventory # 023249

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gandhi over oorlog, Volkenbond en ontwapening

Publisher: Erven J. Bijleveld (1932), Utrecht

Publication Date: 1932

Binding: orig. wrappers