Glen Stassen believes Christians should direct their energies toward finding a set of criteria and a model for a "just peace" instead of "just war." He bases his just peace theory on the new reality of our world, on recent biblical interpretation, and on the experiences of people who lived in the face of oppression and nuclear threat, and who--together with political scientists, Christian ethicists, and activists--fashioned realistic steps toward peacemaking.
Glen Stassen believes Christians should direct their energies toward finding a set of criteria and a model for a "just peace" instead of "just war....
The study of Christian ethics in North America has been profoundly influenced during this century by the work of H. Richard Niebuhr. That influence is felt nowhere as keenly as in the widespread use of his classic text, Christ and Culture. Yet certain central flaws exist in Niebuhr's work on Christ and culture, particularly in its lack of concrete norms for the church's transformative engagement with the world. Scholars have long realized that further work must be done in this area if the church is to speak the word of the gospel adequately in the midst of a pluralistic and changing culture....
The study of Christian ethics in North America has been profoundly influenced during this century by the work of H. Richard Niebuhr. That influence is...
About the Contributor(s): Kent Blevins is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC. Prior to his time at Gardner-Webb, he lived and taught in Portugal, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic.
About the Contributor(s): Kent Blevins is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Spri...
