03461cam a2200541Mi 4500 ocn858230990 OCoLC 20200709055947.0 m d cr |n| 130914s2007 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ DEBSZ N$T 9781461637394 (electronic bk.) 1461637392 (electronic bk.) DEBSZ 397630697 (OCoLC)858230990 639552 (N$T) BL65.V55 OCC 033000 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 201.7 N$TA Steffen, Lloyd. Holy War, Just War [electronic resource] : Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007. 1 online resource (334 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. Violence Religious aspects. Religion. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Steffen, Lloyd. Holy War, Just War : Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007 9780742558489 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1385128 http://swb.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1385128 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=639552 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1385128 EBSCOhost EBSC 639552 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53893 53893