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The quest for peace : three moral traditions in western cultural history

Title
The quest for peace : three moral traditions in western cultural history / James Turner Johnson.
Author
Johnson, James Turner.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1987.

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Description
xx, 300 pages; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Princeton legacy library
Subject
  • Peace > Moral and ethical aspects > History
  • Peace > Religious aspects > History
  • Peace > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Peace > Religious aspects
  • Friedensethik
  • Friedensidee
  • Geschichte
  • Geschichte 30-1985
  • Westliche Welt
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [285]-295.
Contents
Ch. 1. Christian attitudes toward war and military service in the first four centuries -- Were the early Christians pacifists? -- The rejection of violence and bloodshed -- The rejection of war by prominent authors -- Early Christian service in the Roman army -- The anatomy of the constantinian synthesis -- Ch. 2. Peace, war, and the rejection of violence in the middle ages -- A new cultural context -- The problem of limiting violence in a violent society -- Sectarian pacifism -- The peace of the heavenly city on earth -- Ch. 3. The political use of force in the renaissance reformation era -- The military and political context -- The just war inheritance -- Humanistic pacifism: Erasmus's argument against war -- Pacifism in radical religious reform: The Anabaptists of the Schleitheim Confession -- Ch. 4. "Perpetual peace" and limited war -- The coalescence of pacifist tradition -- The "perpetual peace" ideal -- The limitation of war in the enlightenment era -- Ch. 5. The quest for peace in the age of modern war -- Abolition, restraint, or total war -- The renewed quest for peace -- Internationalism and universal peace -- Conclusion: Moral ideals and the quest for peace.
ISBN
  • 0691077428
  • 9780691077420
  • 9780691609560
  • 069160956X
LCCN
86030568
OCLC
  • ocm15054560
  • 15054560
  • SCSB-1165708
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library