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Theodore Paullin
Known for writing clearly about pacifism and peaceful social change, this mid-20th-century author helped explain non-violence as both an ethical idea and a practical method. His work is especially noted for making a serious subject accessible to general readers.
1 Audiobook
Introduction to Non-Violence
by Theodore Paullin
About the author
Theodore Paullin was an American pacifist writer associated with the Pacifist Research Bureau in Philadelphia. In the foreword to Introduction to Non-Violence, he is identified as the Bureau's assistant director, placing him within an organized effort to study and promote nonviolent social action.
His best-known work, Introduction to Non-Violence, presents nonviolence in a thoughtful, practical way, drawing on history, sociology, and moral philosophy. He also co-authored Road to Peace: A Study in Functional International Organization, showing a broader interest in peace, international cooperation, and alternatives to war.
Although not much biographical detail is easy to confirm, his surviving works suggest a writer deeply committed to explaining how peace could be pursued in real life, not just in theory. For listeners interested in the history of pacifist thought, his writing offers a concise window into an important tradition of 20th-century social and political debate.