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War and its discontents : pacifism and quietism in the Abrahamic traditions / edited by J. Patout Burns.

Contributor(s): Burns, J. Patout | United States Institute of Peace | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1996Description: xi, 220 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0878406034 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | War -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | Peace -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies -- Congresses | Just war doctrine -- CongressesDDC classification: 291.1/7873 LOC classification: BL65.V55 | W37 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Fighting the war and the peace battlefield ethics peace talks treaties and pacifism in the Jewish tradition / Michael J. Broyde -- The pursuit of peace: a singular commandment / Everett Gendler -- The political morality of pacifism and nonviolence: one Jewish view / Yehudah Mirsky -- Pacifism and nonviolence another Jewish view / Naomi Goodman -- On not being in charge / John H. Yoder -- Religious pacifism and quietism a taxonomic approach and a Catholic response / John P. Langan -- Beyond just war and pacifism / Walter Wink -- Justifications for violence in Islam / Abdulaziz A. Sachedina -- Is there a tradition of nonviolence in Islam? / Michael N. Nagler -- Quietism and pacifism in American public policy: the triumph of secular pacifism in the religious state / Edward McGlynn Gaffney -- Toward a common heritage / J. Patout Burns.

Essays are from conferences held by the Washington University in St. Louis and the United States Institute of Peace.

Includes bibliographical references.

Fighting the war and the peace battlefield ethics peace talks treaties and pacifism in the Jewish tradition / Michael J. Broyde -- The pursuit of peace: a singular commandment / Everett Gendler -- The political morality of pacifism and nonviolence: one Jewish view / Yehudah Mirsky -- Pacifism and nonviolence another Jewish view / Naomi Goodman -- On not being in charge / John H. Yoder -- Religious pacifism and quietism a taxonomic approach and a Catholic response / John P. Langan -- Beyond just war and pacifism / Walter Wink -- Justifications for violence in Islam / Abdulaziz A. Sachedina -- Is there a tradition of nonviolence in Islam? / Michael N. Nagler -- Quietism and pacifism in American public policy: the triumph of secular pacifism in the religious state / Edward McGlynn Gaffney -- Toward a common heritage / J. Patout Burns.

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