David L. Clough is a professor of theological ethics at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of Ethics in Crisis: Interpreting Barth's Ethics, coeditor of Creaturely Theology: God, Humans and Other Animals, and a Methodist lay preacher. Brian Stiltner is an associate professor and chair of the department of philosophy and religious studies at Sacred Heart University. He is the author of Religion and the Common Good.

Rarely does one encounter a text that approaches Christian doctrine on war with as much clarity and energy as David L. Clough and Brian Stilner's Faith and Force ... [the] dialogue segments, as well as the book's inviting introductory style, lend the text a refreshing, even exciting feel. Politics and Religion Faith and Force helps us understand war and conflict in a new way. We're challenged to examine our personal thoughts and views in an effort to find alternatives. This is important work for citizens living in a free and democratic society. Theological Book Review Here is an innovative and eminently effective way of presenting the ethics of war and peace ... Clough and Stilner have produced what must be one of the most pedagogically useful texts on the Christian deliberation over war. Reviews in Religion and Theology This is a well-writen and well-crafted book that brings familiar Christian debates, with the subtleties of differences even within Just War theory and pacifism, and applies them to new situations, challenging the wider political and intelligence communities to focus on ethical issues. International Journal of Intelligence Ethics The dual perspective limns the strengths and the weaknesses of the two traditions, exposing both the risk that pacifists will embolden agressors and the danger that just-war advocates will fight unnecessary wars. A cogent analysis of both immediate and long-term relevance. Booklist

• List of TablesPreface Introduction The Debate over War in a Christian Context Chapter 1 Sources and Methods for a Christian Ethic of War Chapter 2 Christian Pacifism and Just War Tradition Chapter 3 Does Humanitarian Intervention Pass the Test? Chapter 4 The Challenges of Weapons Proliferation Chapter 5 Political and Holy Terrorism: Frameworks for Analysis and Action Chapter 6 Spreading Democracy or Asserting National Interests? The case of the Wars on Iraq ConclusionA Christian Agenda for a Warring World NotesBibliographyIndex

David L. Clough is a professor of theological ethics at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of Ethics in Crisis: Interpreting Barth's Ethics, coeditor of Creaturely Theology: God, Humans and Other Animals, and a Methodist lay preacher. Brian Stiltner is an associate professor and chair of the department of philosophy and religious studies at Sacred Heart University. He is the author of Religion and the Common Good.

Rarely does one encounter a text that approaches Christian doctrine on war with as much clarity and energy as David L. Clough and Brian Stilner's Faith and Force ... [the] dialogue segments, as well as the book's inviting introductory style, lend the text a refreshing, even exciting feel. Politics and Religion Faith and Force helps us understand war and conflict in a new way. We're challenged to examine our personal thoughts and views in an effort to find alternatives. This is important work for citizens living in a free and democratic society. Theological Book Review Here is an innovative and eminently effective way of presenting the ethics of war and peace ... Clough and Stilner have produced what must be one of the most pedagogically useful texts on the Christian deliberation over war. Reviews in Religion and Theology This is a well-writen and well-crafted book that brings familiar Christian debates, with the subtleties of differences even within Just War theory and pacifism, and applies them to new situations, challenging the wider political and intelligence communities to focus on ethical issues. International Journal of Intelligence Ethics The dual perspective limns the strengths and the weaknesses of the two traditions, exposing both the risk that pacifists will embolden agressors and the danger that just-war advocates will fight unnecessary wars. A cogent analysis of both immediate and long-term relevance. Booklist

• List of TablesPreface Introduction The Debate over War in a Christian Context Chapter 1 Sources and Methods for a Christian Ethic of War Chapter 2 Christian Pacifism and Just War Tradition Chapter 3 Does Humanitarian Intervention Pass the Test? Chapter 4 The Challenges of Weapons Proliferation Chapter 5 Political and Holy Terrorism: Frameworks for Analysis and Action Chapter 6 Spreading Democracy or Asserting National Interests? The case of the Wars on Iraq ConclusionA Christian Agenda for a Warring World NotesBibliographyIndex

David L. Clough is a professor of theological ethics at the University of Chester, UK. He is the author of Ethics in Crisis: Interpreting Barth's Ethics, coeditor of Creaturely Theology: God, Humans and Other Animals, and a Methodist lay preacher. Brian Stiltner is an associate professor and chair of the department of philosophy and religious studies at Sacred Heart University. He is the author of Religion and the Common Good.

Rarely does one encounter a text that approaches Christian doctrine on war with as much clarity and energy as David L. Clough and Brian Stilner's Faith and Force ... [the] dialogue segments, as well as the book's inviting introductory style, lend the text a refreshing, even exciting feel. Politics and Religion Faith and Force helps us understand war and conflict in a new way. We're challenged to examine our personal thoughts and views in an effort to find alternatives. This is important work for citizens living in a free and democratic society. Theological Book Review Here is an innovative and eminently effective way of presenting the ethics of war and peace ... Clough and Stilner have produced what must be one of the most pedagogically useful texts on the Christian deliberation over war. Reviews in Religion and Theology This is a well-writen and well-crafted book that brings familiar Christian debates, with the subtleties of differences even within Just War theory and pacifism, and applies them to new situations, challenging the wider political and intelligence communities to focus on ethical issues. International Journal of Intelligence Ethics The dual perspective limns the strengths and the weaknesses of the two traditions, exposing both the risk that pacifists will embolden agressors and the danger that just-war advocates will fight unnecessary wars. A cogent analysis of both immediate and long-term relevance. Booklist

• List of TablesPreface Introduction The Debate over War in a Christian Context Chapter 1 Sources and Methods for a Christian Ethic of War Chapter 2 Christian Pacifism and Just War Tradition Chapter 3 Does Humanitarian Intervention Pass the Test? Chapter 4 The Challenges of Weapons Proliferation Chapter 5 Political and Holy Terrorism: Frameworks for Analysis and Action Chapter 6 Spreading Democracy or Asserting National Interests? The case of the Wars on Iraq ConclusionA Christian Agenda for a Warring World NotesBibliographyIndex