Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Pacifism, Just War, and Peacebuilding,Lisa Sowle Cahill

-About this book

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.

-Contents
Preface
1. From Just War and Pacifism to Peacebuilding
An Introduction
2. Jesus
The Reality of God’s Reign and the Possibility of Peace
3. Early Christian Pacifism
Tertullian and Origen
4. Augustine and the Beginnings of Christian
Just War Theory
5. War and the Common Good
Aquinas and the Just War Tradition
6. Reformation Interpretations of Just War Luther and Calvin
7. War in God’s Name
Crusaders, Joan of Arc, and Puritan Revolutionaries
8. A Witness for the Kingdom
Humanist, Anabaptist, and Quaker Pacifists
9. From Just War and Pacifism to Peacebuilding
10. Peacebuilding
A Practical Strategy of Hope

Index

-caractéristiques

Date de parution:2 mars 2019

Éditeur : Fortress Press,U.S.

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 380 pages

ISBN-10 : 1506431658

ISBN-13 : 978-1506431659

Poids de l’article : 544 g

Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.61 cm