Religion, War, and Ethics - A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions

Informationen zum Autor Gregory M. Reichberg is Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He is leader of the Oslo-based Research School in Peace and Conflict, adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, associate editor of the Journal of Military Ethics, and board member of the US-based Peace Research Endowment. He is co-editor of World Religions and Norms of War (2009); Ethics, Nationalism, and Just War: Medieval and Contemporary Perspectives (2007); and The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (2006). Henrik Syse is Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He is also co-editor in chief of the Journal of Military Ethics and adjunct Associate Professor at the Norwegian Defense University College. He is the author of Natural Law, Religion, and Rights (2007) as well as several books in Norwegian on topics such as war, the virtue of moderation, and the relationship between faith and philosophy. He is the co-editor, with Gregory M. Reichberg and Endre Begby, of The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings (2006) and, with Reichberg, of Ethics, Nationalism, and Just War (2007). Klappentext Religion, War, and Ethics is a collection of primary sources from the world's major religions on the ethics of war. Zusammenfassung Religion! War! and Ethics is a collection of primary sources from the world's major religions on the ethics of war. Each chapter brings together annotated texts - scriptural! theological! ethical! and legal - from a variety of historical periods that reflect each tradition's response to perennial questions about the nature of war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse; Introduction Henrik Syse and Nicole M. Hartwell; 1. Judaism Adam Afterman and Gedaliah Afterman; 2. Roman Catholic Christianity Gregory M. Reichberg and Robert Araujo, S. J.; 3. Eastern Orthodox Christianity Yuri Stoyanov; 4. Protestant Christianity Valerie Ona Morkevicius; 5. Sunni Islam Nesrine Badawi and John Kelsay; 6. Shia Islam Mohammad Faghfoory; 7. Hinduism Kaushik Roy; 8. Theravada Buddhism Mahinda Deegalle; 9. Chinese and Korean religious traditions Vladimir Tikhonov; 10. Japanese religious traditions Soho Machida; 11. Sikhism Torkel Brekke....

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• Authors: Gregory M. Reichberg, Gregory M. (Peace Research Institute Os Reichberg, Gregory M. Syse Reichberg
• Assisted by: Nicole M. Hartwell (Editor), Gregory Reichberg (Editor), Gregory M Reichberg (Editor), Gregory M. Reichberg (Editor), Gregory M. (Peace Research Institute Oslo) Reichberg (Editor), Reichberg Gregory M. (Editor), Henrik Syse (Editor), Henrik (Peace Research Institute Oslo) Syse (Editor), Syse Henrik (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2014
• EAN: 9780521450386
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45038-6
• No. of pages: 750
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / Ethics, Theology, Social & political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion