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Christians and War

A Brief History
  • ISBN-13: 9781506488561
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By A. James Reimer
  • Price: AUD $35.99
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 08/01/2024
  • Format: Paperback (178.00mm X 108.00mm) 90 pages Weight: 318g
  • Categories: Church history [HRCC2]
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Religion, and specifically Christianity, has often been blatantly invoked to support or oppose war and violence of all kinds. Christians are deeply divided over whether and when such violence is justifiable. James Reimer offers a fair presentation of these controversial standpoints, including the classical Christian attitudes toward war: crusading or holy war, just war, and pacifism. His thoughtful survey of Christian teachings and practices on issues of war, violence, and the state takes readers from classical Greco-Roman times to postmodernity. Arguing that the churchs responses to war can only be understood through the churchs changing relationship to culture, Reimer concludes with an analysis of the contemporary debate and proposes criteria for legitimate and illegitimate use of force by nation-states. Through confronting the Christian churchs history, which is complex and sometimes difficult to endure, Reimer encourages readers to think criticially and come to hold their own position that promotes both peace and justice.

James Reimer was professor of religious studies at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, and also professor of historical theology at Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. His research centered on critical theory and historical theology, and recent publications include The Dogmatic Imagination: The Dynamics of Christian Belief (Herald Press, 2003) and Paul Tillich: Theologian of Nature, Culture, and Politics (2004).

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