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War, peace, and reconciliation : a theological inquiry /

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 affirmation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weber, Theodore R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem: how to think as Christians about war and peace
  • War and reconciliation: logics and contexts
  • Part 1. The theological context. The history of divine grace: the context of reconciliation
  • Fundamental reality and its disruptions
  • Judgment, preservation, and historical preservation
  • Part 2. The political context. War in the context of politics
  • The meanings and problems of power
  • The civilizing of power
  • The international system, and other matters
  • Part 3. Peace, justice, the church. Peace: the freedom to be vulnerable
  • Justice, power, and peace
  • Rethinking the "just war ethic"
  • Reconciliation, war, and the church.