Christian Pacifism for an Environmental Age

ISBN-13: 9781108476485 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 278 str.

Mark Douglas

Opis

This book sits uniquely at the intersection of pacifism, environmentalism, and Christian theology and is useful to those who study in all these areas. It is particularly appropriate for those who would understand the history of the Christian pacifist tradition.

Recenzje

'… Mark Douglas has written an interesting book that addresses important issues … I can recommend that readers interested in those issues give Christian Pacifism for an Environmental Age a look.' Ted Grimsrud, Reading Religion

Spis treści

Introduction: climate, conflict, and the conventional narrative of Christian pacifism; Part I. The Church and Nonviolence Before Constantine: 1. The silences of the second century; 2. Mixed motives and conflicts over conflicts in the second and third centuries; 3. Church, state, and a 'Constantinian fall'; Part II. The Church and Nonviolence after Constantine: 4. Christian pacifism and Constantine; 5. Pacifist interpretations of 1500 years of faith, community, and nonviolence; 6. Pacifisms after 1865; Part III. Re-narrating the History of the Church and Nonviolence: 7. Time and tradition in a theological context; 8. Re-narrating the Christian pacifist tradition.