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100 1 _aSteffen, Lloyd.
245 1 0 _aHoly War, Just War
_h[electronic resource] :
_bExploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.
260 _aLanham :
_bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,
_c2007.
300 _a1 online resource (334 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover 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.
505 8 _aFeatures 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.
505 8 _aA life-Affirming Ethic: Presumptions and ExceptionsConclusion; Summary of the Argument; Absolutism: A Final Moral Reflection; Religion as a Moral Project; Notes; Index.
520 _aHoly War, Just War explores the ""dark side"" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aViolence
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aReligion.
650 7 _aBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies
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650 7 _aRELIGION / Christianity / General
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSteffen, Lloyd.
_tHoly War, Just War : Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.
_dLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007
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