War and Christian ethics :  classic and contemporary readings on the morality of war / 
edited by Arthur F. Holmes. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Grand Rapids, MI :  Baker Academic,  2005. 
 - 405 p. ;  pbk ;  21.5 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I. The pagan conscience. Moral effects of war ; War for the sake of peace / Plato --<br/>The just war ; Natural law and just war / Cicero --<br/>II. Conflict of loyalties. Nonviolence / Athenagoras --<br/>Christians and government ; Christians and military service / Tertullian --<br/>On government and service / Origen --<br/>The natural law of love / Lactantius --<br/>To the Emperor Theodosius / Ambrose --<br/>To Count Boniface ; Act, agent, and authority ; the human dilemma ; Peace and natural law / Augustine --<br/>III. Christians and infidels. A holy war / Bernard of Claivaux --Various kinds of law ; Hostillty and peace ; Laws of war ; Violence and moral intention ; Rebellion / Thomas Aquinas --<br/>The law of war ; The rights of the Indians / Franciscus de Vittoria --<br/>IV. Church and state. The soldier and his conscience / Martin Luther --<br/>Civil authority and the use of force / John Calvin --<br/>War and the Christian Prince / Erasmus --<br/>Two kingdoms / Menno Simons --<br/>V. Human rights and international law. The law of nations ; On war / Francisco Suarez --<br/>Natural laws and the laws of war / Hugo Grotius --<br/>On civil government / John Locke --<br/>VI. Idealism and realism. Towards perpetual peace / Immanuel Kant --<br/>War and national destiny / G.W.F Hegel --<br/>Pacifism and the gospel / Lyman Abbott --<br/>Why the Christian Church is not pacifist / Reinhold Niebuhr --<br/>VII. Nuclear deterrence and terrorism. Is pacifism the only option left for Christians? / Robert Drinan --<br/>The just war and nuclear deterrence / Paul Ramsey --<br/>The convergence of pacificism and just war / Duane K. Friesen --<br/>Moral clarity in a time of war / George Weigel --<br/>War and statecraft / Rowan Williams. 
<br/><br/> "War and Christian Ethics looks to influential writers throughout history to determine the theoretical issues involved in shaping a Christian criticism of war. It brings together source materials from the most influential patristic, medieval, and modern writers dealing with the morality of war from a variety of perspectives."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801031133 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War--religious aspects-- Christianity.<br/>War--moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Christian ethics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>241.6242/WAR