03204nam a2200529Ii 4500 ocn867565468 OCoLC 20200709055942.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140106s2012 ilu ob 000 0deng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781461942757 (electronic bk.) 1461942756 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)867565468 637989 (N$T) BV4588 .M44 2012 REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.8/73092 23 N$TA Mehl-Laituri, Logan, 1981- Reborn on the fourth of July : the challenge of faith, patriotism & conscience / Logan Mehl-Laituri ; foreword by Shane Claiborne. Reborn on the 4th of July Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (238 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 6, 2014). Includes bibliographical references. Movement One. Ambushed by my capacity to kill ; Coming into the world and going to church ; Going into the Army ; Formation ; 9/11 and 9/12 ; Going to war ; Rescue mission ; I can't save everyone -- Movement Two. The good fight of faith? ; Foreshadowing the shadows ; The seeds of discipleship ; Pride and the wrong side ; Iron sharpening iron ; What is it all about? ; Learning a new bad word ; Epiphany -- Movement Three. Conscientious objection, or something else? ; Serious charges ; Love and war -- Movement Four. The good fight ; Chaplaincy, for better or worse ; On guard ; Baptism and rebirth ; Coming to the wire ; Reporting for duty ; Lost in Paradise -- Movement Five. Discharge and a new charge ; Christian peacemakers ; New missions ; Centurion's Guild ; Gospel of Rutba -- Appendix A. Justice, war, and conscience -- Appendix B. Soldiers in the New Testament -- Appendix C. Theological reflections on military service -- Appendix D. Conscientious objector application -- Appendix E. Timeline of events. "In Reborn on the Fourth of July you'll learn through Logan's story the real cost of war to military personnel, the real challenges to Christians that are raised by military service on and even off the battlefield, and the real questions that each of us must wrestle with as we hold in tension our love of country with God's love for the world." -- from publisher's website. Soldiers Religious life. Conscientious objection. Military ethics. Peace Religious aspects Christianity. Mehl-Laituri, Logan, 1981- RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=637989 EBSCOhost EBSC 637989 cpp6067 02 N$T 53842 53842