LEADER 03377nam 22005534a 450 001 9910821664503321 005 20230721004839.0 010 $a1-4416-2349-3 010 $a0-87462-930-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714009 035 $a(EBL)476997 035 $a(OCoLC)290569360 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281071 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239064 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281071 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10300251 035 $a(PQKB)10654988 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476997 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476997 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10223834 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714009 100 $a20070417d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJesus the warrior?$b[electronic resource] $ehistorical Christian perspectives & problems on the morality of war & the waging of peace /$fby W. Michael Slattery 210 $aMilwaukee, Wis. $cMarquette University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 225 1 $aMarquette studies in theology ;$v#53 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87462-730-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index. 327 $ashort 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) 327 $achapter 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 330 $aThe early followers of Christ desisted from carrying and using weapons that threaten and cause physical violence. None of the Church leaders and patristic writers was in favor of participating in armies and militias. But by the fourth century CE, with Christianity becoming the dominant religion in Eurasia, the Christian stance towards war and violence changed from non-acceptance to approval. Was this a result of a rectification of the misinterpretation of Christ's teachings by his early followers or by the later theologians? If that is the case, did the early Christians deliberately misinterpr 410 0$aMarquette studies in theology ;$v#53. 606 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aWar$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a241/.6242 700 $aSlattery$b W. Michael$g(William Michael),$f1945-$01611131 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821664503321 996 $aJesus the warrior$93939206 997 $aUNINA