Just War in Religion and Politics

Jacob Neusner is distinguished service professor of the history and theology of Judaism and senior fellow with the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He holds nine honorary degrees and fourteen academic medals, along with other awards. He has published more than a thousand books.Bruce D. Chilton is the Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College, executive director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, and rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. His books include: Rabbi Jesus, Rabbi Paul, Mary Magdalene, Abraham's Curse, The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, The Targums (with Paul Flesher), and The Way of Jesus.R. E. Tully, previously a full professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, is now professor of philosophy at West Point. He has published many articles on Russell, Wittgenstein and other figures who formed the analytic tradition in British philosophy and is the author, with Frederic Portoraro, of a textbook on symbolic logic (Logic with Symlog).

• PrefaceINTRODUCTION1. Should We Justify War?Roger BerkowitzBard CollegeJUST WAR IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS2. Justice and Justifications: War Theory among the Ancient GreeksCarolyn DewaldBard College3. Religion, Ritual and War in the Late Roman RepublicRobert M. BerchmanDowling College4. The Wars of Yahweh: Biblical Views of Just WarBaruch A. LevineNew York University5. Just War in Classical JudaismJacob NeusnerBard College6. Christianity in WarBruce ChiltonBard College7. Jihad in Classical Islamic Legal and Moral ThoughtMairaj SyedBard College8. Just War in BuddhismKristn ScheibleBard College9. Reflections on War and Dharma in Classical HindiuismRichard DavisBard CollegeJUST WAR: CASES IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT10. Fighting the Good FightR. E. TullyUnited States Military Academy, West Point11. Jus ad Bellum and the Islamic ReformationMark David WeltonUnited States Military Academy, West Point12. Fighting Wars Justly: The Legal and Moral Concerns and Consequences of Private Military and Security Contractors in Modern Armed Conflicts David A. WallaceUnited States Military Academy, West Point13. The Duty of Moral Diligence: The Responsibility of Soldiers to Determine the Justness of WarBrian ImiolaUnited States Military Academy, West Point14. Just War Theory, Choice and Necess ity and Israel’s Resp onses to Genocidal Threats: An Evidence-Based ApproachElihu D Richter, Yael Stein, Tamar PileggiGenocide Prevention Program Hebrew University-Hadassssah School of Public Health and Community Medicine15. A Anticipation in Walzer’s Just War Theory: The Example of Israel’s 1967 First Strike in the Light of Historical EvidenceJoel PerlmannBard CollegeCONCLUSION16. The Matter of Motive: Concluding Thoughts on Just War TheoryWilliam Scott GreenUniversity of Miami