Full Description
In February 2004, Denver Seminary's annual Biblical Studies conference addressed the question of modern war and the teachings of biblical ethics regarding it. The conference was envisioned as a collaborative effort between the Association for Christian Conferences, Teaching, and Service (ACCTS), and the Biblical Studies division of Denver Seminary. A year earlier, the invasion of Iraq had taken place. The questions created by the outbreak of war prompted an urgency in the consideration of the topic. ACCTS, which sponsors international symposia in military ethics with officers from armed forces around the globe, provided ethicists and practitioners from within the military of both the U.S. and Great Britain. Hess and Martens also solicited papers from leading theologians and advocates representing pacifist and just-war views. They have succeeded in bringing together in this fine volume a group of Christians representing a wide range of perspectives to debate and discuss their heritage and biblical roots with regard to questions of war and its ethical dilemmas.
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Christianity and Violence Miroslav Volf
2. War in the Hebrew Bible: An Overview Richard S. Hess
3. Toward Shalom: Absorbing the Violence Elmer A. Martens
4. Impulses toward Peace in a Country at War: The Book of Isaiah between Realism and Hope M. Daniel Carroll R.
5. Distinguishing Just War from Crusade: Is Regime Change a Just Cause for Just War? Daniel R. Heimbach
6. Noncombatant Immunity and the War on Terrorism Tony Pfaff
7. Terrorism: What is it and How Do We Deal with It? Ian G. C. Durie
8. Just Peacemaking Reduces Terrorism between Palestine and Israel Glen H. Stassen
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
