Religion, War, and Ethics

A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Religion, War, and Ethics is a collection of primary sources from the world's major religions on the ethics of war. Each chapter brings together annotated texts - scriptural, theological, ethical, and legal - from a variety of historical periods that reflect each tradition's response to perennial questions about the nature of war: when, if ever, is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? Can a lasting earthly peace be achieved? Are there sacred reasons for waging war, and special rewards for those who do the fighting? The religions covered include Sunni and Shiite Islam; Judaism; Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant Christianity; Theravada Buddhism; East Asian religious traditions (Confucianism, Shinto, Japanese and Korean Buddhism); Hinduism; and Sikhism. Each section is compiled by a specialist, recognized within his or her respective religious tradition, who has also written a commentary on the historical and textual context of the passages selected.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-26
Mått:184 x 260 x 51 mm
Vikt:1 760 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:750
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521450386

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Gregory M. Reichberg is Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He is leader of the Oslo-based Research School in Peace and Conflict, adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, associate editor of the Journal of Military Ethics, and board member of the US-based Peace Research Endowment. He is co-editor of World Religions and Norms of War (2009); Ethics, Nationalism, and Just War: Medieval and Contemporary Perspectives (2007); and The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (2006). Henrik Syse is Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He is also co-editor in chief of the Journal of Military Ethics and adjunct Associate Professor at the Norwegian Defense University College. He is the author of Natural Law, Religion, and Rights (2007) as well as several books in Norwegian on topics such as war, the virtue of moderation, and the relationship between faith and philosophy. He is the co-editor, with Gregory M. Reichberg and Endre Begby, of The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (2006) and, with Reichberg, of Ethics, Nationalism, and Just War (2007).

Recensioner i media

'The breadth of textual sources alone is impressive - a majority of each chapter contains primary and secondary source material that lays the foundation for modern understandings. However, it is also the scope and depth of the resources that makes this collection of great import.' Christian M. Cintron, Religious Studies Review

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse; Introduction Henrik Syse and Nicole M. Hartwell; 1. Judaism Adam Afterman and Gedaliah Afterman; 2. Roman Catholic Christianity Gregory M. Reichberg and Robert Araujo, S. J.; 3. Eastern Orthodox Christianity Yuri Stoyanov; 4. Protestant Christianity Valerie Ona Morkevicius; 5. Sunni Islam Nesrine Badawi and John Kelsay; 6. Shia Islam Mohammad Faghfoory; 7. Hinduism Kaushik Roy; 8. Theravada Buddhism Mahinda Deegalle; 9. Chinese and Korean religious traditions Vladimir Tikhonov; 10. Japanese religious traditions Soho Machida; 11. Sikhism Torkel Brekke.