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War: A Primer for Christians provides a concise introduction to the main approaches that Christians have taken toward war and examines each approach critically. Some Christians have supported their country's wars as crusades of good against evil. Others, as pacifists, have rejected participatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allen, Joseph L., 1928- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
Edición:First Texas A & M University Press edition.
Temas:
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Just war doctrine.
Pacifism.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Paix > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Guerre juste.
Pacifisme.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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