Just Peace
Ecumenical, Intercultural, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Christian theology and ethics have wrestled with the challenge to apply Jesus's central message of nonviolence to the injustices of this world. Is it not right to defend the persecuted by using violence? Is it unjust if the oppressed defend themselves--if necessary by the use of violence--in order to liberate themselves and to create a more just society? Can we leave the doctrine of the just war behind and shift all our attention toward the way of a just peace? In 2011 the World Council of Churches brought to a close the Decade to Overcome Violence, to which the churches committed themselves at the beginning of the century. Just peace has evo…
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Weitere Autoren: Mosher, Annette (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-62189-883-2
- EAN: 9781621898832
- Produktnummer: 30236956
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'922 KB
Über den Autor
Fernando Enns is Professor of Mennonite Theology and Ethics at VU University (Amsterdam) and Director of the Institute of Peace Church Theology at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He is the author of several books, including The Peace Church and the Ecumenical Community (2007). Annette Mosher is Assistant Professor of Ethics at VU University (Amsterdam) in the Faculty of Theology. She specializes in Bonhoeffer studies as well as environmental ethics and religion.
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