Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience
Author: Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 176
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Author: Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 176
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert L. Spaeth
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780866838023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gerard Vanderhaar
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2013-08-28
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1725233312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristians and Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age presents a constructive personal response that individuals can make to the challenge posed by nuclear weapons. It outlines a positive, nonviolent alternative to war. This alternative can be practiced in one's own personal life and extended into the arena of international relations. The book assesses the terrible realities of the Nuclear Age and sophisticated weapons systems in light of the biblical teachings about idolatry. Then it presents the life of Jesus as a model upon which women and men of good will can pattern a lifestyle of nonviolence. Christians and Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age proposes a new vision of self, country, and the world that measures up to the demands of the times. In light of that vision, the book suggests specific actions individuals and groups can take to change the course of our world from self-destruction to mutual understanding and cooperation.
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donald L. Davidson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 042972571X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the positions advocated by ethicists and churches in the public debate on nuclear weapons. After tracing the development of just-war theory, the dominant moral position on war in Western thought, Dr. Davidson synthesizes the views of contemporary ethicists on the moral principles associated with the just-war tradition. He then documents the postures of Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Ramsey, Michael Walzer, and James Turner Johnson with regard to the first use and retaliatory use of nuclear weapons, deterrence policy, the nuclear freeze proposal, the arms race, and disarmament. The positions endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church and the major Protestant and Jewish denominations in the United States on the issues of nuclear warfare are described in detail, with extensive treatment given to the development of the Catholic Bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace and the statements of churches affiliated with the National Council of Churches. The views of over 30 denominations, representing more than 110 million members, are considered. The final chapter of the book contrasts the stance of the churches with that of the Reagan Administration. Proposing guidelines for a moral defense policy in the nuclear age, Dr. Davidson's thesis is that national security requires a recognition of the need to protect and preserve values worth defending while simultaneously taking steps to prevent nuclear war.
Author: Richard Harries
Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Kreider
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. Gorry
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-10-30
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 113733424X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions.
Author: Gordon D. Kaufman
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1985-01-01
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780664246280
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe possibility of a nuclear holocaust has brought humankind into a radically new, unprecedented, and unanticipated religious situation. Gordon D. Kaufman offers a cogent and original analysis of this predicament, outlining specific proposals for reconceiving the central concerns and symbols of Christian faith. He begins with an account of a visit to Peace Park in the rebuilt city of Hiroshima. Reflecting upon this experience, Kaufman foresees that further use of nuclear weapons will result not in rebuilding but in annihilation of the human enterprise.
Author: Ronald J. Sider
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 418
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRonald J. Sider and Richard K. Taylor offer a Christian perspective on nuclear deterrence, just wars, peace movements and strategies of nonmilitary defense. 369 pages, paper