Author : Kurt Appel
Publisher : V&R unipress GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3737007322
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (37 download)
Book Synopsis Moralities of Warfare and Religion by : Kurt Appel
Download or read book Moralities of Warfare and Religion written by Kurt Appel and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles of the sixth issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society debate war morals and religion from a longterm historical perspective. The issue brings together researchers from various sciences – history, theology, literary studies, philosophy, and sociology – in order to present recent insights into theories and experiences of war with special emphasis on religion. By focusing on the commitment of combatants and commitments to enhance peace, the contributors provide new insights from a fresh and still unusual perspective. They will spur further discussion of moral commitment in war ethics, the role of religion in war, and of the prospect of peace ethics. Religion played a major role in the life of combatants and non-combatants in WWI, the “seminal catastrophe” (George Kennan) of the 20th century. Religion remains a multi-faceted and steady aspect of warfare that, in some respects, serves as a peace-enhancing worldview.