Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State

Daniel M. Bell

ISBN 10: 1587432250 / ISBN 13: 9781587432255

Published by Baker Publishing Group, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587432250
• ISBN 13: 9781587432255
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 406 grams

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Synopsis

This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.

About the Author

Daniel M. Bell Jr. (PhD, Duke University) is professor of theological ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and the author of Just War as Christian Discipleship and Liberation Theology after the End of History.