The First American Peace Movement : comprising War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ; The Lawfulness of War for Christians, Examined; [and] A Solemn Review of the Custom of War

Dodge, David Low; James Mott; Noah Worcester; new introduction by Peter Brock

ISBN 10: 0824002202 / ISBN 13: 9780824002206

Published by Garland Publishing, New York, 1972

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Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of three works, originally published in 1905, 1814, and 1815, respectively: War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ, by David low Dodge, with an intrododuction by Edwin D. Mead; The Lawfulness of War for Christians, examined, by James Mott; A Solemn Review of the Custom of War, by Noah Worcester. "Influenced to some extent by the ideas of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment; Dodge and Worcester made use of the utilitarian case against war alongside religious arguments (though neither they nor other early nineteenth-century advocates of peace penetrated very deeply into the economic causes of conflict). They were divided, however, concerning the limits of pacifism." - new introduction by Peter Brock. ; The Garland Library of War and Peace; Ex-Library; 11, xx, 168, 33, 23 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First American Peace Movement : comprising War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ; The Lawfulness of War for Christians, Examined; [and] A Solemn Review of the Custom of War
• Publisher: Garland Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824002202
• ISBN 13: 9780824002206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Weight: 1.2 pounds