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Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers

Author : Eli Sasaran McCarthy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621898547
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers written by Eli Sasaran McCarthy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do many U.S. residents, Catholics and Catholic leaders among them, too often fall short of adequately challenging the use of violence in U.S. policy? The opportunities and developments in approaches to peacemaking have been growing at a significant rate. However, violent methods continue to hold significant sway in U.S. policy and society as the commonly assumed way to "peace." Even when community organizers, policymakers, members of Catholic leadership, and academics sincerely search for alternatives to violence, they too often think about nonviolence as primarily a rule or a strategy. Catholic Social Teaching has been moving toward transcending the limits of these approaches, but it still has significant room for growth. In order to contribute to this growth and to impact U.S. policy, McCarthy draws on Jesus, Gandhi, Ghaffar Khan, and King to offer a virtue-based approach to nonviolent peacemaking with a corresponding set of core practices. This approach is also set in conversation with aspects of human rights discourse to increase its possible impact on U.S. policy. As a whole, Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers offers an important challenge to contemporary accounts of peacemaking in the U.S.

Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers

Author : Eli Sasaran McCarthy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610971132
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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The Only Alternative

Author : Alan Nelson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498275982
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Only Alternative written by Alan Nelson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-06-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radical message of Jesus is that there is only one alternative to the common method of confronting violence with more violence. The Only Alternative: Christian Nonviolent Peacemakers in America explores the spiritually active practice of compassionate nonviolence. Here is a journey through the lives of seven courageous American peacemakers who have embodied Christian nonviolence and dedicated their lives to addressing the suffering caused by racial discrimination, slavery, poverty, militarism, nuclear weapons, prisons, environmental degradation, and the psychology of fear and hatred. Here are highlights from the inspirational ideas and actions of Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Rufus Jones, Thomas Kelly, Jim Douglass, and Kathy Kelly. They remind us that to be Christian is to use the power of love to transform spiritual, economic, and social violence. The great turning from violence to nonviolence is the story of Christianity in America. There has never been a more urgent time for this revolutionary teaching to be heard, understood, and lived. "It is no longer a choice, my friends, between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence . . ." --Martin Luther King Jr. Human beings are now facing the stark choice between survival and destruction amid myriad forms of violence. The nonviolent peacemakers within this book can inspire the peacemaker within each of us to cultivate a direct relationship with God and love through contemplation, meditation, writing, and compassionate action based in the life and teachings of Jesus.

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506457797
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Blessed Are the Peacemakers by : Lisa Sowle Cahill

Download or read book Blessed Are the Peacemakers written by Lisa Sowle Cahill and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and expansion of the traditional framework of just war theory and pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-war theory, peacebuilding is committed to social change and social justice but includes some theorists and practitioners who accept the use of force in extreme cases of self-defense or humanitarian intervention. Unlike just-war theorists, they do not see the justification of war as part of the Christian mission. Unlike traditional pacifists, they do see social change as necessary and possible and, as such, requiring Christian participation in public efforts. Cahill argues that transformative Christian social participation is demanded by the gospel and the example of Jesus, and can produce the avoidance, resolution, or reduction of conflicts. And yet obstacles are significant, and expectations must be realistic. Decisions to use armed force against injustice, even when they meet the criteria of just war, will be ambiguous and tragic from a Christian perspective. Regarding war and peace, the focus of Christian theology, ethics, and practice should not be on justifying war but on practical and hopeful interreligious peacebuilding.

Hauerwas the Peacemaker?

Author : Nathan Scot Hosler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532671482
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Hauerwas the Peacemaker? written by Nathan Scot Hosler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “War has been abolished in Christ” is a strong claim by theologian Stanley Hauerwas. Wars, however, continue to rage, and historic numbers of people are displaced globally. Despite critics’ assessments that Hauerwas contributes to Christians disengaging, his work provides certain tools for the work of peacebuilding. In this work, Hauerwas’s contribution to peacemaking as a part of his ecclesiology and broader theological/ethical work will be assessed. Hauerwas’s peacemaking within his work stands within the context of ecclesiology and related themes of witness and Christology. The possibilities of his work on peacemaking to extend to peacebuilding practice and foreign policy formation are explored, and a critique is leveled regarding his engagement with racial justice. Additionally, certain practices of reading in theology and training in this language are extrapolated to engage the task of policy formation and analysis in contexts where religion is an active factor. This study concludes that Hauerwas’s theological ethics of peacemaking makes a valuable contribution, but must be extended into specific practices.

Jesus Christ, Peacemaker

Author : Rynne, Terrence J.
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608335178
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Jesus Christ, Peacemaker written by Rynne, Terrence J. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Just Peace Ethic Primer

Author : Eli S. McCarthy
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626167575
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book A Just Peace Ethic Primer written by Eli S. McCarthy and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The just peace movement offers a critical shift in focus and imagination. Recognizing that all life is sacred and seeking peace through violence is unsustainable, the just peace approach turns our attention to rehumanization, participatory processes, nonviolent resistance, restorative justice, reconciliation, racial justice, and creative strategies of active nonviolence to build sustainable peace, transform conflict, and end cycles of violence. A Just Peace Ethic Primer illuminates a moral framework behind this praxis and proves its versatility in global contexts. With essays by a diverse group of scholars, A Just Peace Ethic Primer outlines the ethical, theological, and activist underpinnings of a just peace ethic.These essays also demonstrate and revise the norms of a just peace ethic through conflict cases involving US immigration, racial and environmental justice, and the death penalty, as well as gang violence in El Salvador, civil war in South Sudan, ISIS in Iraq, gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, women-led activism in the Philippines, and ethnic violence in Kenya. A Just Peace Ethic Primer exemplifies the ecumenical, interfaith, and multicultural aspects of a nonviolent approach to preventing and transforming violent conflict. Scholars, advocates, and activists working in politics, history, international law, philosophy, theology, and conflict resolution will find this resource vital for providing a fruitful framework and implementing a creative vision of sustainable peace.

Justice After War

Author : David Chiwon Kwon
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813236517
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Justice After War written by David Chiwon Kwon and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice After War is aimed especially to both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the general audience who want to understand the significance of a recent development within the just war tradition, namely, the increasing attention given to the category of jus post bellum (postwar justice and peace). While examining the interrelated challenges of moral and social norms in both political and legal domains, as well as church practices, this work proposes an innovative methodology for linking theology, ethics, and social science so that the ideal and the real can inform each other in the ethics of war and peacebuilding. The main task of this project, then, is to identify what the author views as three key themes of jus post bellum, and three practices that are essential to implementing jus post bellum immediately after a war: just policing, just punishment, and just political participation. David Kwon endeavors to challenge the view of those who suggest that reconciliation, mainly political reconciliation, is the foremost ambition of jus post bellum. Instead, he attempts to justify the proposition that achieving just policing, just punishment, and just political participation are essential to building a just peace, a peace in which the fundamental characteristic must be human security. It thus demonstrates that human security is an oft-neglected theme in the recent discourse of moral theologians and that a more balanced understanding of jus post bellum will direct attention to the elements composing human security in a postwar context.

Christian Ethics Non-violent Resistance Approach to Boko Haram

Author : Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi PhD STD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Christian Ethics Non-violent Resistance Approach to Boko Haram written by Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi PhD STD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book takes a practical look at the complexity of the nature of violence/terrorism in Nigeria, in the light of the Catholic social teaching on non-violent resistance. With the critical analyses of some policies/strategies used to address the problem of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria, the book explores a range of questions: Does severe punishment work effectively as deterrence against possible involvement in terrorism? Does applying “lex talionis” reduce or exacerbate recidivism? What are the right mechanisms to stop terrorism/violence in Nigeria? This book is convinced that nothing is resolved through violence, and that, violence begets violence, alluding that, responding to terror with terror is a retaliatory method that is self-defeating. On the whole, it has been noted that the principle or law of retaliation (Lex Talionis) alone cannot stop armed insurgency in Nigeria, thus, the book suggests non-violent resistance as the best way to address terrorism and violent conflicts. Non-violent resistance does not mean condoning violent attacks against innocent civilians. Based on the Christian ethical principles of the dignity of the human person and justice, this book explicitly declares that the killing of innocent civilians is absolutely immoral. The book explores the use of the term Islamic terrorism and the Islamic ethics of justice, peace and nonviolence, and underlines that the Islamic core moral principles in no way support terrorism. While stating that terrorism is morally wrong, this book states that the causes of terrorism must be addressed with justice and fairness. On this basis, the book insists on critically investigating the following: religious extremism, corruption, bigotry in politics and religion, the glaring sense of apathy among the political elite to the suffering of the oppressed, and the mismanagement and abuse of political positions or the nation’s resources for selfish interest. There must be a rethink aimed at finding the best way to build an ethical society – a framework for justice and peace.

Personal Nonviolence

Author : Gerard Vanderhaar
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498234275
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Personal Nonviolence written by Gerard Vanderhaar and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality is aligning our innermost being with the Way of the Cosmos. It's our effort to get our total beings right, ultimately right, or at least as right as we can at this time in our lives given everything we know. For those trying to live lives deeply influenced by Jesus of Nazareth, a spirituality based on active nonviolence is in harmony with his life and teachings. It is both a guide and support in times of stress, turmoil, terrorism, fear, and uncertainty. In this book, a compilation of much of his decades-long work on nonviolence, Vanderhaar explains how a spirituality of nonviolence provides methods and guidance in everyday activities such as speech, leadership, and dealing with difficult people or even those who might be seen as enemies. He outlines how this spirituality helps us to understand both our gifts and our shortcomings and to deal with the challenges of life in the twenty-first century. Understanding nonviolence can guide peacemakers to a practical spirituality based on the nonviolent Christ, our guide and inspiration.

Wielding Nonviolence in the Midst of Violence

Author : Ellen Furnari (editor)
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3837096513
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Wielding Nonviolence in the Midst of Violence written by Ellen Furnari (editor) and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unarmed civilian peacekeeping or protection (UCP) is a generic term that gives recognition to a wide range of activities by unarmed civilians to reduce violence and protect civilians in situations of violent conflict. There are many non-governmental as well as governmental organisations that engage in UCP, using a variety of methods and approaches. This study examines UCP in four conflict-affected regions: Colombia, Mindanao (Philippines), Palestine/Israel, and South Sudan. It focuses on what is emerging as good practice in these varied contexts and whether any commonalities can inform the expanded use of UCP.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace

Author : Jolyon Mitchell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119424410
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace written by Jolyon Mitchell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incisive contributions from leading and emerging scholars in the field of Peace Studies In the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace, a team of renowned scholars delivers an authoritative and interdisciplinary sourcebook that addresses the key concepts, history, theories, models, resources, and practices in the complex and ambivalent relationship between religion and peace. The editors have included contributions from a wide range of perspectives and locations that reflect diverse methods and approaches. The Companion provides a collection grounded in experience and context that draws on established, developing, and new research characterized by academic rigor. The differences between the approaches taken by several religious traditions are fully explored and numerous case studies highlight relevant theories, models, and resources. Accessible as either a standalone collection or as a partner to the Companion to Religion and Violence, this edited volume also offers: A thorough introduction to religion and its search for peace, including the relationships between religion and peace and theories and practices for studying the interplay between religion and peace Comprehensive explorations of religion and peace in local contexts, including discussions of women's empowerment and peacebuilding in an Islamic context Practical discussions of practices and embodiments of religion and peace, including treatments of museums for peace and self-religion in global peace movements In-depth examinations of lived Christian theologies and building peace, including discussions of Martin Luther King Jr. and spiritual activism in Scotland Perfect for students and scholars of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building, the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone professionally or personally interested in the field of Peace or Religious Studies, International Relations, History, Politics, or Theology.

A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence

Author : David C. Cramer
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 149343473X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence written by David C. Cramer and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian nonviolence is not a settled position but a vibrant and living tradition. This book offers a concise introduction to diverse approaches to, proponents of, and resources for this tradition. It explores the myriad biblical, theological, and practical dimensions of Christian nonviolence as represented by a variety of twentieth- and twenty-first-century thinkers and movements, including previously underrepresented voices. The authors invite readers to explore this tradition and discover how they might live out the gospel in our modern world.

Journal of Moral Theology, Volume 8, Issue 2

Author : Jason King
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532696620
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Journal of Moral Theology, Volume 8, Issue 2 written by Jason King and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquinas, Custom, and the Coexistence of Infused and Acquired Cardinal Virtues William C. Mattison III Elevated Virtue? Angela Knobel Moral Virtues, Charity, and Grace: Why the Infused and Acquired Virtues Cannot Co-Exist Jean Porter Catholic Social Teaching, Love and Thomistic Moral Precepts Daniel R. DiLeo Economic Rights, Reciprocity, and Modern Economic Tradition Andrew Beauchamp and Jason A. Heron Local Authoritarianism as a Barrier to Democracy Cristina L.H. Traina Rectifying Political Leadership Through a Just Peace Ethic Eli McCarthy and Leo Lushombo Book Reviews

Buddhism and Whiteness

Author : George Yancy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149858103X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Whiteness written by George Yancy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unprecedented book, contributors use Buddhist philosophical and contemplative traditions, both ancient and modern, and deploy critical philosophy of race, and critical whiteness studies, to address the proverbial elephant in the room – whiteness.

Social Analysis for the 21st Century

Author : Cimperman, Maria
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608336085
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Social Analysis for the 21st Century written by Cimperman, Maria and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of Moral Theology, Volume 7, Number 2

Author : Jason King
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725250705
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Journal of Moral Theology, Volume 7, Number 2 written by Jason King and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catholic Peacemaking Edited by Jason King Military Sexual Assault as Political Violence and Challenge to Christian Ethics Meghan J. Clark Domestic Violence in the Domestic Church: An Argument for Greater Attention to Intimate Partner Abuse in Catholic Health Care Lauren L. Baker Studies in Scripture for Moral Theologians Jeffrey L. Morrow From Strangers to Neighbors: Toward an Ethics of Sanctuary Cities Gary Slater Round Table Discussion: Just Peacemaking A “Manual” for Escaping Our Vicious Cycles Gerald W. Schlabach A Virtue-Based Just Peace Ethic Eli S. McCarthy The Changing Vision of “Just Peace” in Catholic Social Tradition Lisa Sowle Cahill