War : a primer for Christians / Joseph L. Allen.
By: Allen, Joseph L [author.].
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BookPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014Edition: First Texas A&M University Press edition.Description: x, 67 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781623492434 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781623492526 (ebook).Subject(s): War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Just war doctrine | PacifismDDC classification: 261.8/73 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Byang Kato Research Library | BT736.2 .A45 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | 001035160 |
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| BT736.15 .S56 Non-violence : | BT 736.15.V46 Why must christianity be violent ? Reflections on history, practice & theology | BT736.2 .A45 2008 Who would Jesus kill? : | BT736.2 .A45 2014 War : | BT736.2 C43 2005 Between pacifism and Jihad : | BT 736.2.H43 THe fall of christianity | BT736.2 .H613 1980 It is not lawful for me to fight : |
The Texas A&M University Press edition includes an updated preface and a new afterword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Is war a crusade? -- Some expressions of a crusade approach -- The convictions and logic of the crusade -- Strengths and weaknesses of a crusade approach -- The pacifist standpoint -- Pacifism in the Christian tradition -- The convictions and logic of pacifism -- Strengths and weaknesses of a Christian pacifist -- Just-war thinking -- The Christian just-war tradition -- Underlying convictions of just-war thinking -- Just-war criteria -- Strengths and weaknesses of Christian just-war thinking -- What can we do? -- General observations -- Some responses Christians can make -- Afterword -- The present international situation -- Some implications for moral reflection about war.
Originally published: Nashville : Abingdon Press, 1991.
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