Michael Farrell is Library Director at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, in Oviedo, Florida, where he also teaches courses on theological research and writing. He has likewise taught courses on Christianity and war.

Thomas Aquinas was the first to outline criteria for a “just war,” and Christians as well as non-Christians have struggled with the concept ever since. Farrell, library director at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, launches this new research in religion series with an annotated bibliography of key clerical and lay works on this subject published between 1900 and 2012. Annotations are organized in sections covering the topic in general, in history, and with regard to particular wars (including the second Iraq war), international law, pacifism, realism, nuclear war and weapons, and more. An author/terms index is provided. VERDICT A catholic overview of an ongoing religious and ethical discussion. Recommended.

Michael Farrell is Library Director at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, in Oviedo, Florida, where he also teaches courses on theological research and writing. He has likewise taught courses on Christianity and war.

Thomas Aquinas was the first to outline criteria for a “just war,” and Christians as well as non-Christians have struggled with the concept ever since. Farrell, library director at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, launches this new research in religion series with an annotated bibliography of key clerical and lay works on this subject published between 1900 and 2012. Annotations are organized in sections covering the topic in general, in history, and with regard to particular wars (including the second Iraq war), international law, pacifism, realism, nuclear war and weapons, and more. An author/terms index is provided. VERDICT A catholic overview of an ongoing religious and ethical discussion. Recommended.

Michael Farrell is Library Director at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, in Oviedo, Florida, where he also teaches courses on theological research and writing. He has likewise taught courses on Christianity and war.

Thomas Aquinas was the first to outline criteria for a “just war,” and Christians as well as non-Christians have struggled with the concept ever since. Farrell, library director at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, launches this new research in religion series with an annotated bibliography of key clerical and lay works on this subject published between 1900 and 2012. Annotations are organized in sections covering the topic in general, in history, and with regard to particular wars (including the second Iraq war), international law, pacifism, realism, nuclear war and weapons, and more. An author/terms index is provided. VERDICT A catholic overview of an ongoing religious and ethical discussion. Recommended.