War
Subtitle: a primer for Christians
By: Joseph L. Allen
Edition: First Texas A&M University Press edition.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9781623492434; 9781623492526
Subjects: War; Christianity; Peace; Just war doctrine; Pacifism
Notes: The Texas A&M University Press edition includes an updated preface and a new afterword.

Includes bibliographical references.

Originally published: Nashville : Abingdon Press, 1991.
Table of contents: title: Is war a crusade?; title: Some expressions of a crusade approach; title: The convictions and logic of the crusade; title: Strengths and weaknesses of a crusade approach; title: The pacifist standpoint; title: Pacifism in the Christian tradition; title: The convictions and logic of pacifism; title: Strengths and weaknesses of a Christian pacifist; title: Just-war thinking; title: The Christian just-war tradition; title: Underlying convictions of just-war thinking; title: Just-war criteria; title: Strengths and weaknesses of Christian just-war thinking; title: What can we do?; title: General observations; title: Some responses Christians can make; title: Afterword; title: The present international situation; title: Some implications for moral reflection about war.