The sacred and the sovereign : religion and international politics / John D. Carlson & Erik Owens, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlson, John D. (John David)

Owens, Erik C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and international relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 290 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Reconsidering Westphalia's Legacy for Religion and International Politics / John D. Carlson, Erik C. Owens 1

Part I Religion and Armed Intervention

1 The Moral Measurement of War: A Tradition of Change and Continuity / J. Bryan Hehir 41

2 Ethical Implications of Kosovo Operations / Gen. James P. Mccarthy 66

3 An Editor's View of Kosovo: Dilemmas and Criteria for Humanitarian Intervention / Margaret O'Brien Steinfels 77

4 Just War, Realism, and Humanitarian Intervention / Jean Bethke Elshtain 90

5 Justice, Political Authority, and Armed Conflict: Challenges to Sovereignty and the Just Conduct of War / John Kelsay 113

Part II Human Rights, Political Authority, and Religious Commitments

6 Religious Concomitants of Transnationalism: From a Universal Church to a Universal Religiosity? / Susanne Hoeber Rudolph 139

7 The Future of Sovereignty: A Christian Realist Perspective / Robin W. Lovin 154

8 Serving Two Masters? Affirming Religious Belief and Human Rights in a Pluralistic World / R. Scott Appleby 170

9 Trials, Tribunals, and Tribulations of Sovereignty: Crimes against Humanity and the imago Dei / John D. Carlson 196

Part III Sovereignty and Its Critics

10 Weighing Sovereignty in the "Sit Room": Does It Enter or End the Debate? / Robert L. Gallucci 235

11 Religious Allegiance and Political Sovereignty: An Irreconcilable Tension? / Paul J. Griffiths 247

12 Sacred Nonsovereignty / Fred Dallmayr 256

Conclusion: Sovereignty after September 11: What Has Changed? / Erik C. Owens 265

Afterword: Confessions of a Former Arabist / Joshua Mitchell 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0878409084

OCLC:

50583432