Robert Eisen provides the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish views on peace and violence, demonstrating that Judaism has exhibited ambiguity on this theme throughout its history, and exploring why that ambiguity exists. This study will be of interest not only to students of …
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Religion manifests in an array of disputes in different geographical contexts. Here, the contributors examine such questions through case studies from Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. The conflicts range from those involving religious auth…
Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions is a comprehensive exploration of the history, beliefs and practices around peace and violence in seven of the world's major religions. Written by expert practitioner-scholars, this textbook provides clear and systemat…
This book provides a comprehensive look at peace and violence in seven world religions--Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native American religions. For each religion, it covers its sacred texts; discusses ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, and p…
<Span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Just Revolution </span><span>focuses on oppressed peoples as agents of social transformation in their own political contexts. Using the South African struggle against apartheid as a case study, this book posits a theory of just revolution…
Despite the U.S. Catholic Bishops' 1983 declaration that "insufficient analytical attention has been given to the moral issues of revoluationary warfare," theological scholarship has been slow to engage in systematic analysis of what makes a revolution ethical or unethical. Just…
'Just Revolution' focuses on oppressed peoples as agents of social transformation in their own political contexts. Using the South African struggle against apartheid as a case study, it posits a theory of just revolution that rests upon nonviolent, just peacemaking practices and…
Eberhard Jüngel is one of the world's most creative Christian thinkers. This is his first explicit examination of the relationship between theology and politics, between the church and state or, as he himself puts it, of 'the political existence of the Christian'. This examinati…
Eberhard Jüngel is one of the world's most creative Christian thinkers. This is his first explicit examination of the relationship between theology and politics, between the church and state or, as he himself puts it, of 'the political existence of the Christian'. This examinati…
