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| Author | : U. S. Military |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 69 |
| Release | : 2017-10-22 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781973127598 |
This unique book examines the role of the modern Catholic Church "just war" tradition and modern military strategy. Warfare in the modern era is especially destructive and has the potential to be worse in the years to come, which encouraged Catholic writers and thinkers to ask questions about how to apply the Just War tradition in the modern age. During the Twentieth Century the world endured two horribly destructive wars in Europe, which cost the lives of millions and arguably broke the backs of the European powers. The Pacific theater of war was brought to conclusion by the employment of two nuclear bombs on two separate Japanese cities and ushered in the nuclear age and the Cold War. While superpowers avoided a direct peer-on-peer war, the Cold War manifested itself in smaller conflicts throughout Asia and Central-America and cultivated fear and suspicion among the world population brought about by the arms race. Once the Cold war was over, the proliferation of weapons and the problem of terrorism was prevalent. These conditions, which were exacerbated by high profile terrorist attacks, notably, the September 11, 2001 attacks on the twin towers, inspired a variety of different interpretations of the proper direction of the Just War tradition, because the circumstances revealed lethal types of warfare not present during the original formulation of the tradition. Three prominent points of view are at work-in modern Catholic thought.-They-are-not the result of the September 11 attacks, but the events of modern warfare provide a useful context for the necessity of developing a deeper understanding of the Just War tradition. One prevailing idea is the notion of pacifism . Another can be referred to as the 'presumption against war', which is not quite pacifist, but has a powerful disposition against the use of violence. A third idea can be referred to as the 'presumption for justice'. which does not relish the use of force; however, it asserts the concept that sometimes war is necessary in order to protect the common good. War is horrible and destructive and it is important to understand its moral context in order to develop clarity for decision making regarding war.
| Author | : David Carroll Cochran |
| Publisher | : Orbis Books |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2014-01-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1626980748 |
Argues that the abolition of war--like that of slavery and other forms of social violence--is possible using the principles and history of the Just War tradition in Catholic theology and philosophy.
| Author | : David Carroll Cochran |
| Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2024-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0268207909 |
The Catholic Case against War demonstrates how the Catholic mantra “Never again war!” reflects a set of powerfully realistic teachings on war and peace. Over the last five decades, the Catholic Church has emerged as a powerful critic of war and as an advocate for its alternatives. At the same time, researchers of armed conflict have produced a considerable body of scholarship on war and its prevention. The Catholic Case against War compares these seemingly disparate lines of thought and finds a remarkable harmony between the two. Drawing on years of Vatican documents and papal statements, political scientist David Carroll Cochran clearly presents the key elements of the Church’s case against war. Far from a naïve, optimistic call for peace, these teachings are consistent with the empirical research on the realities of contemporary warfare. The result is a look not only at the explicit moral case against war developed by the Vatican but also at its remarkable realism and relevance to world conflict today.
| Author | : Thomas Massaro, SJ |
| Publisher | : Sheed & Ward |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2003-11-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1461667429 |
This book offers a thorough and accessible analysis of Catholic teaching on war and warmaking from its earliest stages to the present. Moral theologians Thomas Massaro and Thomas A. Shannon begin with a survey of the teachings on war in various religions and denominations and then trace the development of Just War theory and application, review the perspective of several Catholic bishops, comment on the bishops' pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace, address contemporary developments in light of 9-11 and the United States war with Iraq, and conclude with theological reflections. Complete with recommended readings, Catholic Perspectives on Peace and War offers an informative and thoughtful moral analysis that helps readers navigate the rapidly changing terrain of war, warmaking, and peace initiatives.
| Author | : Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium de Iustitia et Pace |
| Publisher | : Veritas Co. Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 13 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Christian sociology |
| ISBN | : 1853908398 |
| Author | : Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II) |
| Publisher | : USCCB Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781574553024 |
| Author | : Roger Bergman |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2020-12-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 153268665X |
Catholic pacifists blame the just war tradition of their Church. That tradition, they say, can be invoked to justify any war, and so it must be jettisoned. This book argues that the problem is not the just war tradition but the unjust war tradition. Ambitious rulers start wars that cannot be justified, and yet warriors continue to fight them. The problem is the belief that warriors do not hold any responsibility for judging the justice of the wars they are ordered to fight. However unjust, a command renders any war “just” for the obedient warrior. This book argues that selective conscientious objection, the right and duty to refuse to fight unjust wars, is the solution. Strengthening the just war tradition depends on a heightened role for the personal conscience of the warrior. That in turn depends on a heightened role for the Church in forming and supporting consciences and judging the justice of particular wars. As Saint Augustine wrote, “The wise man will wage just wars. . . . For, unless the wars were just, he would not have to wage them, and in such circumstances he would not be involved in war at all.”
| Author | : Robert Wawer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Peace |
| ISBN | : |
This dissertation deepens the understanding of John Paul II's social thought within the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. The dissertation explores John Paul II's distinctive contribution to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on the ethics of war and peace with particular attention to his interpretation and application of the norms of the just war tradition. The introduction presents this issue in general and the dissertation's methodology, which includes the just war theory (jus bellum justum) as the systematic framework for the comparative method and analysis. Catholic Social Teaching on war and peace is presented in its chronological development and systematized into four categories of jus bellum justum: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, jus ad bellum/in bello, and jus post bellum. Such material was analyzed in the historical context - hermeneutically interpreted -- from the perspective of the contribution of each pope from Leo XIII to John Paul II, and of the Second Vatican Council. Chapter 1 presents the historical background of the Church's reflection on war and peace and important elements taught by Leonine popes from Leo XIII to Pius XII (pre-Vatican II era). Chapter 2 presents the significant development of this teaching made in Vatican II and the post-Vatican II era by popes from John XXIII to John Paul I. Chapter 3 presents John Paul II's teaching on war and peace and reveals the significant distinctive elements of his teaching in comparison to his predecessors and Vatican II. Chapter 4 analyzes these distinctive elements as a leading contribution of John Paul II: the novelty of humanitarian intervention as a new criterion of just cause, the role of forgiveness and social reconcilliation in building peace in the new millennium, and defining solidarity as a social virtue overcoming structures of sin, which is the basis for realizing both humanitarian intervention and forgiveness on the way to reconciliation. The growing awareness of interdependence among people and a concern for solidarity are new signs of peace. Humanitarian intervention and forgiveness are the first two new examples of the social-political virtue of solidarity given by John Paul II.
| Author | : Robert Wawer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2018-03-13 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9783330071254 |
| Author | : J. Daryl Charles |
| Publisher | : Crossway |
| Total Pages | : 459 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1433513838 |
This informed Christian response to more than one hundred common questions regarding the ethics of war demonstrates the viability of just-war reasoning in responding to contemporary geopolitical challenges.
