02854namaa2200289 4500 27661171911719 AU-EpEBC 20130822120307.0 060509 0801031133 Au-EpEBC 241.6242/WAR EW 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. The pagan conscience. Moral effects of war ; War for the sake of peace / Plato -- The just war ; Natural law and just war / Cicero -- II. Conflict of loyalties. Nonviolence / Athenagoras -- Christians and government ; Christians and military service / Tertullian -- On government and service / Origen -- The natural law of love / Lactantius -- To the Emperor Theodosius / Ambrose -- To Count Boniface ; Act, agent, and authority ; the human dilemma ; Peace and natural law / Augustine -- 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 -- The law of war ; The rights of the Indians / Franciscus de Vittoria -- IV. Church and state. The soldier and his conscience / Martin Luther -- Civil authority and the use of force / John Calvin -- War and the Christian Prince / Erasmus -- Two kingdoms / Menno Simons -- V. Human rights and international law. The law of nations ; On war / Francisco Suarez -- Natural laws and the laws of war / Hugo Grotius -- On civil government / John Locke -- VI. Idealism and realism. Towards perpetual peace / Immanuel Kant -- War and national destiny / G.W.F Hegel -- Pacifism and the gospel / Lyman Abbott -- Why the Christian Church is not pacifist / Reinhold Niebuhr -- VII. Nuclear deterrence and terrorism. Is pacifism the only option left for Christians? / Robert Drinan -- The just war and nuclear deterrence / Paul Ramsey -- The convergence of pacificism and just war / Duane K. Friesen -- Moral clarity in a time of war / George Weigel -- War and statecraft / Rowan Williams. "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. War religious aspects Christianity. War moral and ethical aspects. Christian ethics. Holmes, Arthur Frank, 1924-, ed. ddc 8256 8256 0 0 ddc 0 0 241 Ethics MAIN MAIN OS 2007-08-30 29.95 2 241.6242/WAR 07875 2026-02-17 00:00:00 2026-02-05 1 60.00 2007-08-30 AM