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Paul Ramsey
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Paperback
Publisher
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published
March 2016
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This searching critique of the United Methodist Bishops pastoral letter on war and peace in a nuclear age, by America s foremost Christian ethicist, exposes theological flaws from which flow gaps in moral argument and strangely utopian politics. Never before has In Defense of Creation been more thoroughly analyzed.
At the same time Paul Ramsey gives a full-length and detailed comparison of the Methodist document with The Challenge of Peace by the U.S. Catholic Bishops. Issues of nuclear ethics, as seen by the leaders of two major churches, are set fully in view for the first time in a single volume.
This ecumenical consultation is broadened by drawing extensively on the writings of Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. The book s larger purpose is to construe an encounter between Christian just-war tradition and Christian pacifism. This comparative discussion of Christian ethics should be of interest to any reader concerned about the nuclear crisis.
Some of the questions confronted in these pages are: What do people mean by nonviolence ? Should we never kill another human being, or never kill another human being unjustly? Do Christian pacifism and Christian just-war teachings have anything in common in their understanding of the Christian moral life? Do different interpretations of the person and work of Jesus Christ give rise to Christian pacifism and to just-war participation? Are these irreducibly different options equally valid for followers of Christ? Do the tests of discrimination and proportion lead to the same prohibitions on war and limits in war in a nuclear age?
With an epilogue by Stanley Hauerwas, this volume offers the unusual event of two Methodist laymen engaged in lively debate over their church and the modern world.
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Author
Paul Ramsey
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published
March 2016
Weight
318g
Dimensions
153 x 227 x 16 mm
ISBN
9781498283960
ISBN-10
1498283969
Eden Code
4922605
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Author/Creator: Paul Ramsey
ISBN: 9781498283960
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Release Date: March 2016
Weight: 318g
Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 16 mm
Eden Code: 4922605