Must Christianity be violent? : reflections on history, practice, and theology / edited by Kenneth R. Chase & Alan Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chase, Kenneth R.

Jacobs, Alan, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Violence.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids : Brazos Press, [2003]

Summary:

Mention of these events evokes a variety of responses from Christians, including guilt, defensiveness, and bewilderment. Given such a tangled historical relationship to aggression and injustice, how can Christians answer those who argue that our faith is inherently violent, or that Christian doctrines inevitably lead to sacrifice, conquest, and war? In Must Christianity Be Violent? editors Kenneth R. Chase and Alan Jacobs have gathered pointed essays that provide specific responses to these arguments. Divided into "histories," "practices," and "theologies," the essays explore the historical causation of Christian violence and discuss practices that promote what one contributor calls "just peacemaking." The contributors explore the history of Christian violence and advocate the need for an uncompromised biblical theology in our search for peace. This timely collection will appeal to readers of Christian history, ethics, and theology, and those who want to better understand the specifically Christian response to violence and cultivation of peace.

Contents:

Introduction: The ethical challenge / Kenneth R. Chase

The First Crusade: some theological and historical context / Joseph H. Lynch

Violence of the conquistadores and prophetic indignation / Luis N. Rivera-Pagán

Is God violent? Theological options in the antislavery movement / Dan McKanan

Christians as rescuers during the Holocaust / David P. Gushee

Have Christians done more harm than good? / Mark A. Noll

Beyond complicity: the challenges for Christianity after the Holocaust / Victoria Barnett

How should we then teach American history? A perspective of constructive nonviolence / James C. Juhnke

Christian discourse and the humility of peace / Kenneth R. Chase

Jesus and just peacemaking theory / Glen Stassen

Violence and the atonement / Richard J. Mouw

Explaining Christian nonviolence: notes for a conversation with John Milbank / Stanley Hauerwas

Violence: double passivity / John Milbank

Addendum: Testing pacifism: questions for John Milbank

Christian peace: a conversation between Stanley Hauerwas and John Milbank

Afterword / Alan Jacobs.

Notes:

Based on a conference held Mar. 15-17, 2000 at Wheaton College.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256).

ISBN:

1587430649

OCLC:

52706439