Biggar’s Critique of Christian Pacifism, Extended
In this essay, I take up the critique of Christian pacifism offered in Nigel Biggar’s In Defence of War.1 Focusing on the New Testament, Biggar argues that the evidence does not suggest a requirement of pacifism for Christians. This seems correct, but I argue that Biggar’s critique should be extende...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-265 |
| Review of: | In defence of war (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Kelsay, John)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCD Political ethics |
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Book review
B Pacifism B Discipleship B Christian practical reason B just war tradition B Old Testament B Nigel Biggar B New Testament |
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| Summary: | In this essay, I take up the critique of Christian pacifism offered in Nigel Biggar’s In Defence of War.1 Focusing on the New Testament, Biggar argues that the evidence does not suggest a requirement of pacifism for Christians. This seems correct, but I argue that Biggar’s critique should be extended through an engagement with the Old Testament and other sources that inform Christian practical reason. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "In Response (2015)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946814565301 |