Research Catalog

Title

Love your enemies : discipleship, pacifism, and just war theory / Lisa Sowle Cahill.

Author

Cahill, Lisa Sowle

Publication

Minneapolis : Fortress, c1994.

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Description

xii, 252 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Questions of pacifism and just war, which have preoccupied Christian thinkers from time to time over the past 1700 years, are given distinctive treatment in this book as it discusses biblical sources for the questions, builds on historical examples both of just war theory and of pacifism, and shows how Christian pacifism is a live option in many contexts. Lisa Sowle Cahill examines the theological bases of just war theory and pacifism, especially in light of the concept of the kingdom of God, as that motif illuminates Christian discipleship. Differences between the theory and just war and the practice of pacifism are highlighted in the overview of the history of Christian thought on the subject, and the inclusiveness of the ideal of the kingdom for pacifism is emphasized.

Subject

• Peace > History of doctrines
• War > History of doctrines
• Pacifism > History of doctrines
• Just war doctrine > History
• Christian ethics > Catholic authors

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Pacifism or Just War Thinking? Setting the Stage for the Contemporary Question -- 2. The Kingdom Come? Perspectives on New Testament Discipleship, Eschatology, and Social Responsibility -- 3. Discipleship and Pacifism in the Early Church -- 4. "In Readiness of Mind": The Emergence of the Christian Just War (Augustine) -- 5. Justice, War, and the Common Good: Establishing the Christian Just War Tradition (Thomas Aquinas) -- 6. Reformation Interpretations of Just War: Luther and Calvin -- 7. War In God's Name: Crusaders, Joan of Arc, and Puritan Revolutionaries -- 8. A Witness for the Kingdom: Humanist, Anabaptist, and Quaker Pacifists -- 9. Contours of the Recent American Debate -- 10. The Recent Debate, Continued -- 11. The Fragility of the Gospel: Concluding Reflections.

ISBN

0800627008 (alk. paper) :

LCCN

^^^93035461^

OCLC

28797751

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library