War, Peace, and Reconciliation : A Theological Inquiry.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Problem: How to Think as Christians about War and Peace -- 2 War and Reconciliation: Logics and Contexts -- Part One: The Theological Context -- 3 The History of Divine Grace: The Context of Reconciliation -- 4 Fundamental Reality and Its Disruptions -- 5 Judgment, Preservation, and Historical Preservation -- Part Two: The Political Context -- 6 War in the Context of Politics -- 7 The Meanings and Problems of Power -- 8 The Civilizing of Power -- 9 The International System, and Other Matters -- Part Three: Peace, Justice, the Church -- 10 Peace: The Freedom to Be Vulnerable -- 11 Justice, Power, and Peace -- 12 Rethinking the "Just War Ethic" -- 13 Reconciliation, War, and the Church -- Concluding Reflections -- Bibliography -- Index.

War, Peace, and Reconciliation invites Christians and the churches into a conversation over how to think about war from a standpoint in faith. It asks how reconciliation, which is central to Christian life and doctrine, can engage the realities of war without surrendering its fundamental affirmations. It defines these realities politically by discussing the meanings of power, peace as a particular organization of power, and the international system. The study of war and politics is unavoidable, as is the engagement with reconciliation, because all human existence and activity exist in the context of the gracious work of God to renew and reconcile the fallen creation. The inquiry is theocentric and christocentric. It culminates in a call to the churches to examine all their practices in the light of this perspective.

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