War, Peace and Reconciliation

An examination of war and its relationship to power, offering a theocentric theology of reconcilation that engages with the realities of human conflict.

War, Peace, and Reconciliation invites Christians and their churches into a dialogue regarding how to think about war from a standpoint rooted in faith. It asks how reconciliation, which is central to Christian life and doctrine, can engage with the realities of war without surrendering its fundamental affirmations. Theodore Weber defines these realities politically by discussing the meanings of power, peace as a particular organisation of power, and the international system. The study of war and politics is unavoidable, as is engagement with reconciliation, because all human activity exists in the context of the gracious work of God to renew and reconcile the fallen creation. Weber's inquiry is theocentric and christocentric. It culminates in a stirring call to churches to examine all their practices in the light of this perspective.

Theodore R. Weber is Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Emory University, and a former President of the Society of Christian Ethics in the United States and Canada. He is author of several books and articles, including Politics in the Order of Creation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics.