War, Peace, and Reconciliation: A Theological Inquiry - Softcover

Weber, Theodore R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498218555 ISBN 13: 9781498218559

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2015

Synopsis

War, Peace, and Reconciliation invites Christians and the churches into a conversation over how to think about war from a standpoint in faith. It asks how reconciliation, which is central to Christian life and doctrine, can engage the realities of war without surrendering its fundamental affirmations. It defines these realities politically by discussing the meanings of power, peace as a particular organization of power, and the international system. The study of war and politics is unavoidable, as is the engagement with reconciliation, because all human existence and activity exist in the context of the gracious work of God to renew and reconcile the fallen creation. The inquiry is theocentric and christocentric. It culminates in a call to the churches to examine all their practices in the light of this perspective.

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About the Author

Theodore R. Weber is Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Emory University, and a former president of the Society of Christian Ethics in the United States and Canada. A pastor, preacher, teacher, he is author of Politics in the Order of Creation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics and of other books and articles. He and his wife, Mudie, live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498218555
• ISBN 13: 9781498218559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182