Peacemaking and religious violence : from Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson /

From its very beginning, the Christian faith has been engaged with religious violence. The first Christians were persecuted by their co-religionists and then by imperial Rome. Jesus taught them, in such circumstances, not to retaliate, but to be peacemakers, to love their enemies, and to pray for th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Roger A., 1930- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, [2009]
Temas:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274 > Political and social views.
Llull, Ramon, > 1232?-1316.
Nicholas, > of Cusa, Cardinal, > 1401-1464.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Religion.
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, > Baron, > 1583-1648.
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, > Baron, > 1583-1648
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
Llull, Ramon, > 1232?-1316
Nicholas, > of Cusa, Cardinal, > 1401-1464
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274
Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Paix > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity
Political and social views
Religion
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Religious violence and the peace mandate of Jesus
  • Christians orthodox and heterodox : 'Thomas Aquinas and the "Manichees"
  • Christians among other God-fearers : Ramon Lull's dialogue of a Christian, Jew, and Muslim
  • Christians and other religions : Nicholas of Cusa's vision of global religious peace
  • Wars of Christians against Christians : Herbert of Cherbury's theological antidote to religious warfare
  • Disestablishing religion and the waning of Christian violence : the political theology of Thomas Jefferson
  • Epilogue: Reclaiming the peace mandate of Jesus for the twenty-first century.

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