War and the Moral Reconstruction of Theology
Author: Floyd Hardin
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 32
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Author: Floyd Hardin
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James B. Whisker
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Published: 2020-12-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781536189827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The just war theory is a doctrine, which is related to and at times interchangeable with such concepts as military tradition, military ethics, the doctrines of military leaders, conflict theology, ethical policy-making, and military tactics and strategy. The purpose of the just war doctrine is to attempt to guarantee that a war is morally justifiable through a series of criteria, all of which must be met for a war to be considered just. The criteria are split into two groups: "right to go to war" (jus ad bellum) and "right conduct in war" (jus in bello). The first concerns the morality of going to war, and the second the moral conduct within war. Recently there have been calls for the inclusion of a third category of just war theory known as jus post bellum that is concerned with the morality of post-war settlement and reconstruction. Just war theory postulates that war, while terrible, is made less so with the right conduct. It also assumes that war is not always the worst option. Important responsibilities, undesirable outcomes, or preventable atrocities may justify war. There is a just war tradition, a historical body of rules or agreements that have applied in various wars across the ages. The just war tradition consists primarily of the writings of various philosophers and legal experts through history. This tradition examines both their philosophical visions of war's ethical limits and whether their thoughts have contributed to the body of conventions that have evolved to guide war and warfare"--
Author: Peter Taylor Forsyth
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur Frank Holmes
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 372
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A Canon Press book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author: Arthur F. Holmes
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Published: 1975-06-01
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780801041709
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 3110291924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book rewrites the history of Christian peace ethics. Christian reflection on reducing violence or overcoming war has roots in ancient Roman philosophy and eventually grew to influence modern international law. This historical overview begins with Cicero, the source of Christian authors like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. It is highly debatable whether Augustine had a systematic interest in just war or whether his writings were used to develop a systematic just war teaching only by the later tradition. May Christians justifiably use force to overcome disorder and achieve peace? The book traces the classical debate from Thomas Aquinas to early modern-age thinkers like Vitoria, Suarez, Martin Luther, Hugo Grotius and Immanuel Kant. It highlights the diversity of the approaches of theologians, philosophers and lawyers. Modern cosmopolitianism and international law-thinking, it shows, are rooted in the Spanish Scholastics, where Grotius and Kant each found the inspiration to inaugurate a modern peace ethic. In the 20th century the tradition has taken aim not only at reducing violence and overcoming war but at developing a constructive ethic of peace building, as is reflected in Pope John Paul II’s teaching.
Author: James McCarty
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1532641044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Business of War incisively interrogates the development and contemporary implications of the military-industrial complex. It exposes the moral dangers of life in neoliberal economies dependent upon war-making for their growth and brings the Christian tradition’s abundance of resources into conversation with this phenomenon. In doing so, the authors invite us to rethink the moral possibilities of Christian life in the present day with an eye toward faithful resistance to “the business of war” and its influence in every aspect of our lives. In combining biblical, historical, theological, and ethical analyses of “the business of war,” the authors invite us to better understand it as a new moral problem that demands a new, faithful response. With contributions from: Pamela Brubaker Stan Goff Christina McRorie Kara Slade Won Chul Shin David Swartz Jonathan Tran Myles Werntz Matthew Whelan Tobias Winright
Author: Oliver O'Donovan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-10-16
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780521538992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Christians differ widely on this issue. The book re-examines questions of contemporary urgency, including the use of biological and nuclear weapons, military intervention, economic sanctions, and the role of the UN. It opens with a challenging dedication to the new Archbishop of Canterbury and proceeds to shed light on vital topics with which that Archbishop and others will be very directly engaged. It should be read by anyone concerned with the ethics of warfare.
Author: Lloyd H. Steffen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780742558489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHoly War, Just War explores the "dark side" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence. The book states that religion has within its own conceptual tools the resources to understand its own dark side and that religious people must subject their religion to a moral vision of goodness and constrain those parts that make for violence and hatred.
Author: James Turner Johnson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 140085556X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, a sequel to Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War, James Turner Johnson continues his reconstruction of the history of just war tradition by analyzing significant individual thinkers, concepts, and events that influenced its development from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.