War : a primer for Christians / Joseph L. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Joseph L., 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Religious aspects--Christianity.

War.

Peace--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Peace.

Just war doctrine.

Pacifism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

First Texas A&M University Press edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 participation in or support for any war. Still others have followed the just-war tradition in holding that it can be justifiable under some conditions to resort to war, but that then Christian love must limit the conduct of war.In an updated preface and new afterword, Allen explores aspects of current internationa

Contents:

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.

Notes:

The Texas A&M University Press edition includes an updated preface and a new afterword.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-252-1

OCLC:

933561327