Anarchist · 19th–20th century formulations; earlier roots

Christian Anarchism

Uses Christian commitments to conscience, nonviolence, and service to question coercive state authority. Voluntary community is an alternative to domination by law or force.

Foundational doctrines

Disagreement and variation

Its strands differ over theology, property, and resistance; critics question how voluntary nonviolent communities can respond to organized violence. Tolstoyan, Catholic Worker, and other currents differ on theology, property, and civil disobedience.

Source and historical context

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