Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church Rather than the State
With this book, Daniel Bell contributes to the ongoing conversation within the Christian tradition about Christian participation in war. This text explores the just war tradition by considering its origins in Greek and Roman society, its development by church fathers (Augustine, Aquinas, and Vitoria...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2011, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-309 |
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| Summary: | With this book, Daniel Bell contributes to the ongoing conversation within the Christian tradition about Christian participation in war. This text explores the just war tradition by considering its origins in Greek and Roman society, its development by church fathers (Augustine, Aquinas, and Vitoria, among others), and the modern-era shift to a “public policy checklist” of criteria that justify a state's desire to go to war. From there, Bell moves to a thorough study of what just war might look like when pursued as a form of Christian discipleship and what it would mean for the church to take the tradition seriously as it works toward justice and love for all people, even in the midst of war. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csr035 |