Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace A Historical Survey and Critical Re-Evaluation

Name: Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace A Historical Survey and Critical Re-Evaluation
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ISBN: 9781556357886

ISBN-10: 1556357885

ISBN-13: 9781556357886

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Authors: Roland H. Bainton

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List price: $38.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Roland Bainton (1894-1984) was for forty-two years a professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale University. He was also the author of more than thirty books on Christianity.



List of Illustrations


Introduction



Ideals of Peace in Antiquity



The Classical Origins of the Just War



The Origins of the Crusading Idea in the Old Testament



War and Peace in the New Testament



The Pacifism of the Early Church



The Theory of the Just War in the Christian Roman Empire



From the Just War to the Crusade and Sectarian Pacifism



The Renaissance Utopia and the Revival of the Just War



Wars of Religion



The Historic Peace Churches and War with the Aborigines



The Enlightenment



From Waterloo to Armageddon: A Century of Comparative Peace



From the Outlawry of War to the Atom Bomb



Past and Present



What Then?


Notes


Guide to Literature


Index