Christian Pacifism for an Environmental Age

Provides a new understanding of the traditions of Christian pacifism in order to address wars in a warming world.

List of contents

Introduction: climate, conflict, and the conventional narrative of Christian pacifism; Part I. The Church and Nonviolence Before Constantine: 1. The silences of the second century; 2. Mixed motives and conflicts over conflicts in the second and third centuries; 3. Church, state, and a 'Constantinian fall'; Part II. The Church and Nonviolence after Constantine: 4. Christian pacifism and Constantine; 5. Pacifist interpretations of 1500 years of faith, community, and nonviolence; 6. Pacifisms after 1865; Part III. Re-narrating the History of the Church and Nonviolence: 7. Time and tradition in a theological context; 8. Re-narrating the Christian pacifist tradition.

About the author

Mark Douglas is Professor of Christian Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is the author of Confessing Christ in the Twenty-First Century (2005) and Believing Aloud: Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square (2010).

Summary

This book sits uniquely at the intersection of pacifism, environmentalism, and Christian theology and is useful to those who study in all these areas. It is particularly appropriate for those who would understand the history of the Christian pacifist tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Douglas, Mark (Clemson University Douglas, Douglas Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108476485
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47648-5
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Ethics, Christianity, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religious issues & debates, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Religious issues and debates