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War : A Primer for Christians.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (82 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781623492526
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: WarDDC classification:
  • 261.8/73
LOC classification:
  • BT736.2 -- .A45 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Is War a Crusade? -- Some Expressions of a Crusade Approach -- The Convictions and Logic of the Crusade -- Strengths and Weaknesses of a Crusade Approach -- 2. The Pacifist Standpoint -- Pacifism in the Christian Tradition -- The Convictions and Logic of Pacifism -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Christian Pacifism -- 3. 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 -- 4. What Can We Do? -- General Observations -- Some Responses Christians Can Make -- Afterword -- The Present International Situation -- Some Implications for Moral Reflection About War -- Notes -- Back Cover.
Summary: War: A Primer for Christians provides a concise introduction to the main approaches that Christians have taken toward war and examines each approach critically.
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Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Is War a Crusade? -- Some Expressions of a Crusade Approach -- The Convictions and Logic of the Crusade -- Strengths and Weaknesses of a Crusade Approach -- 2. The Pacifist Standpoint -- Pacifism in the Christian Tradition -- The Convictions and Logic of Pacifism -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Christian Pacifism -- 3. 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 -- 4. What Can We Do? -- General Observations -- Some Responses Christians Can Make -- Afterword -- The Present International Situation -- Some Implications for Moral Reflection About War -- Notes -- Back Cover.

War: A Primer for Christians provides a concise introduction to the main approaches that Christians have taken toward war and examines each approach critically.

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