Just revolution : a Christian ethic of political resistance and social transformation / / Anna Floerke Scheid

• Autore: Scheid Anna Floerke <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Disciplina: 241/.621
• Soggetto topico: Revolutions - Religious aspects - Christianity; Government, Resistance to - Religious aspects - Christianity; Peace - Religious aspects - Christianity; Just war doctrine; Christianity and politics; Apartheid - South Africa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Historical Context for a Case Study; 2 Theological Roots of the Just War Tradition and Just Peacemaking Theory; 3 Just Peacemaking Practices for Resisting Oppression; 4 The Just War Tradition and Revolution; 5 Restorative Justice for the Common Good; 6 Just Revolution and the "Arab Spring"; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: <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 that rests upon nonviolent just peacemaking practices and social reconciliation bolstered by restorative justice.</span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Just revolution
• ISBN: 0-7391-9094-6; 0-7391-9095-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788278203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II