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Autore |
Slattery W. Michael (William Michael), <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Jesus the warrior? [[electronic resource] ] : historical Christian perspectives & problems on the morality of war & the waging of peace / / by W. Michael Slattery |
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Milwaukee, Wis., : Marquette University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-4416-2349-3 |
0-87462-930-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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Marquette studies in theology ; ; #53 |
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Soggetti |
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War - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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short title Jesus the Warrior?; title page Jesus the Warrior? Historical Christian Perspectives & Problems on the Morality of War & the Waging of Peace; copyright page; table of contents; introduction; chapter 1 the rationale, causes & reasons for war & inter-group lethal conflict-resolution; chapter 2 war & inter-group lethal violence in the Hebrew scriptures; chapter 3 treatment of war & non-violencein the Christian scriptures; chapter 4 early Christian approaches to war & peace (from apostolic through late patristic period) |
chapter 5 the morality of war & inter-group lethal conflict-resolution: recent Christian perspectives regarding the problem of just war rationalechapter 6 understanding war & violent conflict-resolution: the Christian problem of living in the twenty-first century; chapter 7 practitioners & models of Christian morality with respect to violence & war; chapter 8 how to live today as a Christian with the morality of war; Appendix 1; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The early followers of Christ desisted from carrying and using weapons that threaten and cause physical violence. None of the Church leaders and patristic writers was in favor of participating in armies and militias. But by the fourth century CE, with Christianity becoming the dominant religion in Eurasia, the Christian stance towards war and violence changed from non-acceptance to approval. Was this a result of a |
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