Study War Some More - Softcover

Chuck Fager

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0945177550 ISBN 13: 9780945177555

Publisher: Quaker House, 2010

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Reviewed by Doug Gwyn: " ... offers a good mix of biblical reflection, lessons from Quaker history, and distillations from Chuck Fager’s years of work for peace. It’s a call to Friends for a more rigorous and long-term strategy of peace witness. As the title suggests, if Friends are serious about working for peace, we could learn a few lessons from the military. Fager begins with the 1660 Declaration, the first categorical statement of the Quaker peace testimony, in particular the refusal to bear arms either for or against any state. But the Declaration also confirms Paul’s assertion in Romans 13 that the state has rightful authority to wield the sword ..."

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