War and Peace (Problems in Theology) (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Astley, Jeff; Loades, Ann; Brown, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A selection of key writings on the problem of war and peace. Introduces students to general issues in ethics and moral theology. Key contributors from around the world.

This reader samples a wide range of modern moral and religious discussions on the subject of war and peace. In addition to providing material on pacifism, the just war debate, the nuclear option, genocide, and the concept of a holy war, it introduces students to general issues in ethics and moral theology, using the morality of war as a powerful and pertinent worked example.

Contributors include Elizabeth Anscombe, George Bell, Charles Curran, Y. Harkabi, Richard Harries, Stanley Hauerwas, Paul Ramsey, W. Montgomery Watt, Rowan Williams.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567351586
• Artikelnr.: 40612922

Autorenporträt

Jeff Astley, North of England Institute for Christian Education and University of Durham. David Brown has always combined teaching posts with pastoral work. He is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham and a canon of Durham Cathedral. His books include Choices, Invitation to Theology, The Divine Trinity, and, most recently, a collection of sermons, The Word Set You Free. Ann Loades CBE is Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham