Just War As Christian Discipleship

Author : Daniel M. Jr. Bell
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441206817

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Just War as Christian Discipleship by Daniel M. Jr. Bell Pdf

This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.

Author : Daniel M. Bell Jr.
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587432250

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Just War as Christian Discipleship by Daniel M. Bell Jr. Pdf

This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451413076

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Love Your Enemies by Lisa Sowle Cahill Pdf

The author examines the theological bases of just war theory and pacifism, espcially in the light of the concept of God, as that motif illuminates Chrsitian discipleship. Differences between the theory of just war and the practice of pacifism are highlighted in the overview of the history of Christian thought on the subject, and the inclusiveness of the ideal of the kingdom for pacifism is emphasized.

Author : Harold Palmer
Publisher : TellerBooks
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681090313

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Christian Pacifism and Just War Theory by Harold Palmer Pdf

What did Jesus mean when he said to “love your enemies” and “pray for those who persecute you”? Do these commandments leave room for Christians to serve in militaries or police forces that implement the use of force? Or is the Christian to steadfastly reject violence and embrace pacifism? Are certain wars justified on the basis of just war theory, or are all wars, in their brutality and destruction, inherently evil? In this study, Harold Palmer, an attorney, examines the case that has traditionally been made to justify Christian participation in war. The author begins with a historical background of the roots of just war theory as promulgated by Thomas Aquinas. He then examines the passages on which just war theorists rely, including God’s commandments to the Israelites to go to war against their enemies, Jesus’ praise of the Roman Army centurion for his faith and God’s use of the centurion Cornelius to graft Gentiles into the Kingdom of God. Arguing that these passages have been misunderstood, he concludes that Christianity only permits a single response to evil—self-sacrificial love. The author makes a cogent case for Christian pacifism by examining the life of Jesus and arguing that His crucifixion was more than a salvific act; it also exemplified the ideal of Christian living. Being a disciple of Jesus means emulating Him in every way, including responding to violence through self-sacrificial love, as Jesus did, and obeying Jesus’ commands to be as “harmless as doves,” to “turn the other cheek” and “pray for those who persecute you.” Finally, this study tackles the difficult question of Old Testament violence by arguing that it falls within a specific context and is not normative for members of the New Covenant of Grace. Rather than embrace violence, we are to follow the examples set by the early church and its martyrs, including the Apostle Stephen, who prayed that his persecutors not be charged with their sins, and the apostle Paul, who taught us to “live peaceably with all men.” Our war is not a physical struggle, but a spiritual war to be waged with prayer, faith and the gospel of peace (Eph 6:12-18).

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506457796

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers by Lisa Sowle Cahill Pdf

This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and expansion of the traditional framework of just war theory and pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-war theory, peacebuilding is committed to social change and social justice but includes some theorists and practitioners who accept the use of force in extreme cases of self-defense or humanitarian intervention. Unlike just-war theorists, they do not see the justification of war as part of the Christian mission. Unlike traditional pacifists, they do see social change as necessary and possible and, as such, requiring Christian participation in public efforts. Cahill argues that transformative Christian social participation is demanded by the gospel and the example of Jesus, and can produce the avoidance, resolution, or reduction of conflicts. And yet obstacles are significant, and expectations must be realistic. Decisions to use armed force against injustice, even when they meet the criteria of just war, will be ambiguous and tragic from a Christian perspective. Regarding war and peace, the focus of Christian theology, ethics, and practice should not be on justifying war but on practical and hopeful interreligious peacebuilding.

Author : Daniel M. Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : OCLC:65170169

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Just War as Christian Discipleship by Daniel M. Bell Pdf

Author : Ronald J. Sider
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493418268

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If Jesus Is Lord by Ronald J. Sider Pdf

What does Jesus have to say about violence, just war, and killing? Does Jesus ever want his disciples to kill in order to resist evil and promote peace and justice? This book by noted theologian and bestselling author Ronald J. Sider provides a career capstone statement on biblical peacemaking. Sider makes a strong case for the view that Jesus calls his disciples to love, and never kill, their enemies. He explains that there are never only two options: to kill or to do nothing in the face of tyranny and brutality. There is always a third possibility: vigorous, nonviolent resistance. If we believe that Jesus is Lord, then we disobey him when we set aside what he taught about killing and ignore his command to love our enemies. This thorough, comprehensive treatment of a topic of perennial concern vigorously engages with the just war tradition and issues a challenge to all Christians, especially evangelicals, to engage in biblical peacemaking. The book includes a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas.

Author : Winright, Tobias ,Johnston, Laurie
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336241

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Can War Be Just In The 21st Century? by Winright, Tobias ,Johnston, Laurie Pdf

Author : Shawn A. Aghajan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666703955

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Imperial Pilgrims by Shawn A. Aghajan Pdf

This book is an Augustinian interrogation of contemporary Christian accounts of empire, just war, and terrorism. Though Augustine's voice has guided much of the Christian discourse in these conjoined arenas, it has not shielded his work from being misappropriated to serve ends that are inimical to his own. The US "war on terror" is the most recent and egregious example of violence that many theologians have unjustly baptized as "Augustinian." By reading Augustine pastorally rather than merely polemically, this work offers a counter-narrative and an alternative praxis for the American Christian trying to reconcile her baptism with her citizenship.

Author : Therese Feiler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567678294

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Logics of War by Therese Feiler Pdf

The modern ethics of war is a field of disparate, competing voices based on often unexplored theological and metaphysical assumptions. Therese Feiler approaches them from the borderline area between systematics, philosophical theology and religious studies. With reference to G. W. F. Hegel's and like-minded thinkers' 'theo–logic' that negotiates Christ's mediation and immanent dialectics, Feiler identifies the logic and problem of mediation as the core concern of political ethics. Feiler unites five representative authors from now disparate strands of contemporary just war ethics, testing whether they offer a meaningful possibility of mediation and subsequent reconciliation: a sovereign realist and a cosmopolitan idealist; a rationalist individualist, an idealist Christian ethicist, and finally, an evangelical theologian. Opening the just war debate for comparative critical engagement, Feiler creates a fascinating study that locates a “dynamic point” at which faithful, free political action can be wrestled from irony, tragedy, and melancholic inertia in the face of totalitarian suffocation.

Author : Dennis, Marie
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337361

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Choosing Peace by Dennis, Marie Pdf

Contributions by leading peacemakers such as Lisa Sowle Cahill, Terrence J. Rynne, John Dear and Ken Utican, Rose Marie Berger, and Maria J. Stephan advance the conversation about the practice of nonviolence in a violent world, Jesus and nonviolence, traditional Catholic teaching on nonviolence, and reflections on the future of Catholic teaching. The book concludes with Pope Francis's historic Message for World Peace Day in 2017.

Author : Robert W. Brimlow
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587430657

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What about Hitler? by Robert W. Brimlow Pdf

An intriguing evaluation of ethics and discipleship integrates meditations on Scripture, the author's personal reflections on the challenges of living nonviolently, and a philosophical examination of pacifism and just-war doctrine. Original.

Author : Oliver O'Donovan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521538998

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The Just War Revisited by Oliver O'Donovan Pdf

Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Christians differ widely on this issue. The book re-examines questions of contemporary urgency, including the use of biological and nuclear weapons, military intervention, economic sanctions, and the role of the UN. It opens with a challenging dedication to the new Archbishop of Canterbury and proceeds to shed light on vital topics with which that Archbishop and others will be very directly engaged. It should be read by anyone concerned with the ethics of warfare.

Author : John Howard Yoder
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579107819

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When War Is Unjust, Second Edition by John Howard Yoder Pdf

Can a war really be considered justÓ? If so, which wars, and under what circumstances? If not, why not? When War is Unjust provides a systematic exploration of these questions for students of ethics, Christian doctrine, and history. For centuries the just war tradition has been the dominant framework for Christian thinking about organized conflict. This tradition sets a number of specific conditions which must be satisfied before a particular war can termed justÓ and therefore supportable by the faithful Christians. John Howard Yoder, himself a pacifist, approaches the just war theory on its own terms. His purpose: to introduce the student to this just-war tradition, and to offer a critical framework for evaluating its tenets and applying them to real conflicts. When War is Unjust takes the just war tradition seriously, and holds its proponents accountable in a critical debate about when - if ever - war can be justified. It is a readable and thought-provoking primer on the history, criteria, and application of just war teaching in Christian churches.

Author : Robert Emmet Meagher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630874520

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Killing from the Inside Out by Robert Emmet Meagher Pdf

Armies know all about killing. It is what they do, and ours does it more effectively than most. We are painfully coming to realize, however, that we are also especially good at killing our own "from the inside out," silently, invisibly. In every major war since Korea, more of our veterans have taken their lives than have lost them in combat. The latest research, rooted in veteran testimony, reveals that the most severe and intractable PTSD--fraught with shame, despair, and suicide--stems from "moral injury." But how can there be rampant moral injury in what our military, our government, our churches, and most everyone else call just wars? At the root of our incomprehension lies just war theory--developed, expanded, and updated across the centuries to accommodate the evolution of warfare, its weaponry, its scale, and its victims. Any serious critique of war, as well any true attempt to understand the profound, invisible wounds it inflicts, will be undermined from the outset by the unthinking and all-but-universal acceptance of just war doctrine. Killing from the Inside Out radically questions that theory, examines its legacy, and challenges us to look beyond it, beyond just war.