War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective

War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective: J. Daryl Charles, Timothy J. Demy: Books - leondumoulin.nl
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War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Aug 23, Peter N. In my circles people talk about just war all the time. But rarely was it defined or described.

War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective by J. Daryl Charles

What is a just war? I bought this book hoping for two things: It would give me the basic parameters of just war theory.

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It would give a me a lot of footnotes that would point me to other sources. I got both of these in spades. The authors use a question and answer format to describe what just war is, what it is not, some questions that still need answered, and the history of just war. They talk a In my circles people talk about just war all the time.

War, Peace and Christianity: Questions and Answers From a Just-War Perspective

They rely heavily on Aquinas, Grotius, Vitoria, and Suarez. They address terrorism, nuclear war, humanitarian intervention, the UN, post war development of countries, non-lethal weapons, "turn the other cheek," does war violate the command to not kill, did Jesus change our approach to war, is just war only a Christian idea or it can it be found in non-Christian sources, Bonhoeffer's attempt on Hitler's life, Ghandi's pacifism, C.

Lewis' writings on war, supreme emergency, the early church on war, including Roland Bainton's pacifistic reading of the church fathers, criteria for going to war, criteria within a war, private military contractors, ethical development of weapons, Romans 13, etc. The great value of this book is how much ground it covers. You will not get an in depth chapter length discussion of terrorism and just war, but you will get some basic ideas on it. It is an excellent introduction to just war thought, though I doubt any reader will agree with all.

The only drawback I would note is there is a quite a bit of repetition.


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The reason would seem to be the nature of the book where the questions and answers in various sections overlap with questions and answers in other sections. There are other areas that I would have like more discussion on, such as what makes an authority legitimate, but the sources cited should give provide those if the reader wished to pursue them. Jul 19, Andrew S rated it really liked it. The material is thoroughly researched and the authors provide a wealth of sources for further investigation. Oct 03, Ben Krueger rated it really liked it. Reads like a textbook Matt rated it liked it Nov 13, Johanna rated it really liked it Oct 10, Luke Thompson rated it it was amazing Feb 15, Stephen Ramsay rated it liked it Jun 16, Dimas Widjaya rated it really liked it Nov 15, Andrew rated it really liked it Jan 03, Jared rated it liked it Sep 06, Akkate08 rated it really liked it Aug 07, John Craig Colbert rated it it was amazing Dec 16, Mariam Youssef marked it as to-read Dec 27, Mariah marked it as to-read Feb 10, Kyle Noll marked it as to-read Aug 07, Bryan Schlundt marked it as to-read Oct 17, Corey marked it as to-read Apr 06, Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance.

A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.

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The authors speak from a just-war moral perspective toprovide Christians with expert and accessible answers to more thanone hundred common questions concerning the ethics of war. With issues of war and peace at the forefront of current events,an informed Christian response is needed.

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This timely volumeanswers questions from a just-war perspective, offeringthoughtful yet succinct answers. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looksat how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher,historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, andindividual-with particular emphases on its historicaldevelopment and application to contemporary geopoliticalchallenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy givemuch attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as theyprovide moral guidance.

A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relatingto war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format ahelpful starting point for discussion. Demy ThM and ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary is the author, coauthor, and editor of numerous books and articles on history, theology, and ethics.


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