Just War and Christian Traditions
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Just War and Christian Traditions

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Just War and Christian Traditions

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This much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application to contemporary conflicts.

Recent Christian reflection on war has largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a much-needed and original evaluation of how Christian traditions and denominations may employ this thinking today.

The introduction examines the historical development of Christian just war thinking, differences between just war thinking and the alternatives of pacifism and holy war, distinctions among Christian thinkers on issues such as the role of the state and "lesser evil" politics, and shared Christian theological commitments with public policy ramifications (for example, the priority of peace). The chapters that follow outlineā€”from Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Anabaptist denominational perspectivesā€”the positions of major church traditions on the ethics of warfare. The contributors include philosophers, military strategists, political scientists, and historians who seek to engage various and distinctive denominational approaches to the issues of church and state, war, peace, diplomacy, statecraft, and security over two thousand years of Christian history. Just War and Christian Traditions presents an essential resource for understanding the Judeo-Christian roots and denominational frameworks undergirding the moral structure for statesmanship and policy referred to as just war thinking. This practical guide will interest students, pastors, and lay people interested in issues of peace and security, military history, and military ethics.

Contributors: John Ashcroft, Eric Patterson, J. Daryl Charles, Joseph E. Capizzi, Darrell Cole, H. David Baer, Keith J. Pavlischek, Daniel Strand, Nigel Biggar, Mark Tooley, and Timothy J. Demy.

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Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword John Ashcroft
  5. One Christian Approaches to Just War, Peace, and Security Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles
  6. Two Catholic Just War Thinking Joseph E. Capizzi
  7. Three The Orthodox Church on Just War Darrell Cole
  8. Four Lutherā€™s Political Thought and Its Contribution to the Just War Tradition H. David Baer
  9. Five John Calvin and the Reformed View of War, Resistance, and Political Duty Keith J. Pavlischek
  10. Six Just War and the Church of England Daniel Strand and Nigel Biggar
  11. Seven Methodism and War Mark Tooley
  12. Eight Praying for Peace but Preparing for War: Baptists and the Just War Tradition Timothy J. Demy
  13. Nine Anabaptists and the Sword J. Daryl Charles
  14. Contributors
  15. Index