[Rezension von: Interfaith just peacemaking]

The movement known as Just Peacemaking was initially articulated as a constructive alternative to the traditional Christian responses to the specter of war, namely, pacifism, just war, and crusade. In short, Just Peacemaking attempts to work toward a just and sustainable peace that prevents the perc...

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Main Author: Martens, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2015
In: A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-164
Review of:Interfaith just peacemaking (Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Martens, Paul)
Interfaith just peacemaking (Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Martens, Paul)
Interfaith just peacemaking (Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (Martens, Paul)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Peace / War / Christianity / Judaism / Islam
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
BJ Islam
CA Christianity
Further subjects:B Book review
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Summary:The movement known as Just Peacemaking was initially articulated as a constructive alternative to the traditional Christian responses to the specter of war, namely, pacifism, just war, and crusade. In short, Just Peacemaking attempts to work toward a just and sustainable peace that prevents the perceived need for war, thereby sidestepping the alleged deep division between just war and pacifism. Glen Stassen, Christian ethicist at Fuller Theological Seminary, was at the center of this growing movement since its inception nearly three decades ago. The publication of this collection of essays, however, officially serves notice that the movement is not merely a Christian idiosyncrasy; it is a movement that can be understood, embraced, and articulated within Jewish and Muslim perspectives as well. As a movement, its concerns also loosely overlap with (a) the increasing attention to jus ante bellum and jus post bellum in political theory and Christian ethics and (b) the interdisciplinary, interfaith conversation about how the Abrahamic traditions read Scripture in the movement known as Scriptural Reasoning ...
ISSN:2040-4867
Contains:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu116