03989cam a2200673Ki 4500 ocn895258643 OCoLC 20200709060259.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141114s2014 txu ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T E7B EBLCP OCLCQ P@U OCLCF 896796390 899008343 933561327 9781623492526 (electronic bk.) 1623492521 (electronic bk.) 9781623492434 1623492432 (OCoLC)895258643 (OCoLC)896796390 (OCoLC)899008343 (OCoLC)933561327 BT736.2 .A45 2014eb REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.8/73 23 MAIN Allen, Joseph L., 1928- author. War : a primer for Christians / Joseph L. Allen. First Texas A & M University Press edition. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (x, 67 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Texas A & M University Press edition includes an updated preface and a new afterword. Includes bibliographical references. Is war a crusade? -- Some expressions of a crusade approach -- The convictions and logic of the crusade -- Strengths and weaknesses of a crusade approach -- The pacifist standpoint -- Pacifism in the Christian tradition -- The convictions and logic of pacifism -- Strengths and weaknesses of a Christian pacifist -- Just-war thinking -- The Christian just-war tradition -- Underlying convictions of just-war thinking -- Just-war criteria -- Strengths and weaknesses of Christian just-war thinking -- What can we do? -- General observations -- Some responses Christians can make -- Afterword -- The present international situation -- Some implications for moral reflection about war. Print version record. War: A Primer for Christians provides a concise introduction to the main approaches that Christians have taken toward war and examines each approach critically. Some Christians have supported their country's wars as crusades of good against evil. Others, as pacifists, have rejected participation in or support for any war. Still others have followed the just-war tradition in holding that it can be justifiable under some conditions to resort to war, but that then Christian love must limit the conduct of war. In an updated preface and new afterword, Allen explores aspects of current internationa. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 War Religious aspects Christianity. Peace Religious aspects Christianity. Just war doctrine. Pacifism. Peace Religious aspects Christianity. Sociology, Christian. War Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION Christian Life Social Issues. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Just war doctrine. fast (OCoLC)fst00985112 Pacifism. fast (OCoLC)fst01050108 Peace Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01055796 War Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01170382 Electronic books. Print version: Allen, Joseph L., 1928- author. War. First Texas A & M University Press edition 9781623492434 (DLC) 2014013151 (OCoLC)879851541 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=904336 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1840918 ebrary EBRY ebr10986806 EBSCOhost EBSC 904336 Project MUSE MUSE muse36936 92 N$T 55748 55748