The ark (community)

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Lanza del Vasto (right) and Arche members
Work in the Ark community

The ark is a communitarian community. It was founded in France in 1948 by Lanza del Vasto , one of Mahatma Gandhi's most important European students . The foundations of living together in communities are service and sharing, striving to lead a simple life, respect for life and nonviolence . The founder's aim was to implement Gandhi's ideals in a European context. The Arche community thus became an important source of inspiration for the peace movement in Western Europe.

See also

Web links

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  1. ↑ The Ark Community of Lanza del Vasto. Friedenshof Kommunität eV (Accessed: August 19, 2018)

Movie

  • "The children of the ark." First broadcast: ZDF on July 26, 1989. (45 minutes)

literature

  • Archefreundesrat (ed.): Unit of life. On the non-violent path: encounters with the ark . Verlag Weber & Zucht Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-88713-039-1 .
  • Pierre Parodi: Ark and Third World. Help for the developing world . Verlag Weber, Zucht & Co, Kassel [1989], ISBN 3-88713-042-1 .
  • Albert Schmelzer: The Ark. Experiment of a society without violence . 6th edition. Waldkircher Verlagsgesellschaft, Waldkirch 1983, ISBN 3-87885-047-6 .
  • Mark Shepard: The Community of the Ark. A Visit With Mahatma Gandhi's Disciples in the West . Ocean Tree Books, Santa Fe (New Mexico) 1992, ISBN 0-943734-28-2 .
  • Lanza del Vasto: The ark introduces itself . Verlag Weber & Zucht , Kassel [approx. 1980], ISBN 3-88713-023-5 .