Holy War, Just War Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence. [electronic resource] :
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
- 1 online resource (334 pages)
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I LIFE-AFFIRMING AND DEMONIC RELIGION: THE OPTION; Chapter One The Power and Danger of Religion; Proposition One: Religion Is Powerful; Proposition Two: Religion Is Dangerous; Ultimacy as Absolutism; Conclusion; Chapter Two Being Religious: The Life-Affirming Option; Life-Affirming Religion; The lure of Goodness: Where Religion and Ethics Meet; Conclusion; Chapter Three Being Religious: The Demonic Option; The Demonic as Fanaticism; What Is the Demonic?; Central Characteristics of the Demonic. Features of the Demonic: A SummaryDiscerning the Demonic and the Domination Ethic; Part II RELIGION AND THE RESTRAINT OF VIOLENCE; Chapter Four The Pacifist Option; Absolutist Pacifism; The Nonresistance of Leo Tolstoy; A Moral Critique of Absolutist Pacifism; Nonviolent Resistance to Evil; Chapter Five The Case of Holy War; Ancient Israel; Christianity; Islam; Islam and Generic Holy War; Jihad; Conclusion; Chapter Six The Case of Just War; Just War in Historical Perspective; A Contemporary Formulation of Just War Theory; A Defense of Just War as a Model for Moral Thinking. A life-Affirming Ethic: Presumptions and ExceptionsConclusion; Summary of the Argument; Absolutism: A Final Moral Reflection; Religion as a Moral Project; Notes; Index.
Holy War, Just War explores the ""dark side"" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence.