Churches and International Policy: The Case of the “War On Drugs,” a Call to Metanoia

Organized religion has played a key role in shaping national and international policy for millennia. This paper discusses the parts some Christian churches have played in creating and supporting drug control policies stipulated in un multilateral treaties. Mainstream churches have largely ignored th...

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Main Author: Pettus, Katherine Irene 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Philosophia reformata
Year: 2016, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-69
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Drug Policy churches scripture theology metanoia Bonhoeffer opium harm reduction
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)