Religion, pacifism, and nonviolence / James Kellenberger.
This book is about religion, pacifism, and the nonviolence that informs pacifism in its most coherent form. Pacifism is one religious approach to war and violence. Another is embodied in just war theories, and both pacifism and just war thinking are critically examined. Although moral support for pa...
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Ways of Approaching War That Are Sanctioned Within Religious Traditions; 2.1 Religious Reactions to War; 2.2 The Four Main Reactions; Chapter 3: Fighting Militarily in the Name of One's State and Fighting Militarily in the Name of One's Religion; 3.1 Fighting in the Name of the State; 3.2 Fighting in the Name of One's Religion: Holy Wars; Chapter 4: The Just War Approach; 4.1 Origins of the Just War Theory; 4.1.1 Cicero; 4.1.2 St. Augustine; 4.1.3 St. Thomas Aquinas; 4.2 Evolution of the Just War Theory.
- Chapter 5: The Status of the Just War Theory5.1 Criticisms of the Just War Theory; 5.2 Political Use of the Just War Theory; Chapter 6: The Principle of Double Effect; 6.1 The Principle of Double Effect and Intentions; 6.2 Problems with the Principle of Double Effect; Chapter 7: The Approach of Pacifism; 7.1 Pacifism in the Christian and Other Religious Traditions; 7.2 Forms of Pacifism; Chapter 8: Arguments Against Pacifism and Moral Support for Pacifism; 8.1 Arguments Against Pacifism; 8.2 Moral Support for Pacifism; Chapter 9: The Costs of War; 9.1 The Deaths of Combatants and Civilians.
- 9.2 Further Costs of WarChapter 10: Religious Support for Pacifism; 10.1 Support for Pacifism in Various Religious Traditions; 10.2 The Christian Ethics of Love; 10.3 Agape/Karuna: Love/Compassion; Chapter 11: The Status of Pacifism; 11.1 Recent and Contemporary Pacifists; 11.2 Pacifism and the Just War Theory; Chapter 12: Violence and Force; 12.1 Active Nonviolence; 12.2 The Distinction Between Violence and Force; 12.3 The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Doing Likewise; Chapter 13: Peacekeeping; 13.1 International Peacekeeping; 13.2 Forms of International Peacekeeping.
- 13.3 Pacifism and PeacekeepingChapter 14: Families; 14.1 Two Models for a Future Free of War; 14.2 Socialization; Chapter 15: Nonviolence Toward Nonhuman Animals; 15.1 Ahimsā and Love of One's Neighbors; 15.2 Albert Schweitzer and the Christian "Ethic of Love"; Chapter 16: The Future of Pacifism; 16.1 Five Possible Futurescapes; 16.2 The Possibility of a Global Coming Together and Nonviolence Toward Nonhuman Animals; Bibliography; Index.