LEADER 03813nam 2200601 450 001 9910815966703321 005 20230803031520.0 010 $a0-268-08075-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000426985 035 $a(EBL)3441144 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11537156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10951224 035 $a(PQKB)10738676 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441144 035 $a(OCoLC)862207114 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27726 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441144 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10764966 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000426985 100 $a20130725d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOffering hospitality $equestioning Christian approaches to war /$fCaron E. Gentry 210 1$aNotre Dame, Indiana :$cUniversity of Notre Dame Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-268-01048-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Harming Others""; ""Chapter Two: Marginal Wars""; ""Chapter Three: Hospitality toward Others""; ""Chapter Four: The Invulnerability Myth""; ""Chapter Five: The Presence of Suffering""; ""Chapter Six: The Offer of Hospitality""; ""Chapter Seven: A Liturgy""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $a"In Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theology--Christian realism, pacifism, and the just war tradition--and argues that Christian political theologies on war remain, for the most part, inward-looking and resistant to criticism from opposing viewpoints. In light of the new problems that require choices about the use of force--genocide, terrorism, and failed states, to name just a few--a rethinking of the conventional arguments about just war and pacifism is timely and important. Gentry's insightful perspective marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to prevailing theories, such as Christian realism represented in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and the pacifist tradition of Stanley Hauerwas. She draws out the connection between hospitality in postmodern literature and hospitality as derived from the Christian conception of agape, and relates the literature on hospitality to the Christian ethics of war. She contends that the practice of hospitality, incorporated into the jus ad bellum criterion of last resort, would lead to a "better peace." Gentry's critique of Christian realism, pacifism, and the just war tradition through an engagement with feminism is unique, and her treatment of failed states as a concrete security issue is practical. By asking multiple audiences--theologians, feminists, postmodern scholars, and International Relations experts--to grant legitimacy and credibility to each other's perspectives, she contributes to a reinvigorated dialogue. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAgape 606 $aJust war doctrine 606 $aPacifism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aAgape. 615 0$aJust war doctrine. 615 0$aPacifism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aWar$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a261.8/73 686 $aPOL034000$aREL067070$aPOL011000$aREL028000$2bisacsh 700 $aGentry$b Caron E$0886791 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815966703321 996 $aOffering hospitality$94042544 997 $aUNINA