Religion, Pacifism, and Nonviolence

• Main Author: Kellenberger, James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Religion-Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political science.; Philosophy of Religion.; Philosophy of Law.

This book is about religion, pacifism, and the nonviolence that informs pacifism in its most coherent form. Pacifism is one religious approach to war and violence. Another is embodied in just war theories, and both pacifism and just war thinking are critically examined. Although moral support for pa...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ways of Approaching War that are Sanctioned Within Religious Traditions
• 3. Fighting Militarily in the Name of One's State and Fighting Militarily in the Name of One's Religion
• 4. The Just War Approach
• 5. The Status of the Just War Theory
• 6. The Principle of Double Effect
• 7. The Approach of Pacifism
• 8. Arguments Against Pacifism and Moral Support for Pacifism
• 9. The Costs of War
• 10. Religious Support for Pacifism
• 11. The Status of Pacifism
• 12. Violence and Force
• 13. Peacekeeping
• 14. Families
• 15. Nonviolence Toward Nonhuman Animals
• 16. The Future of Pacifism
• Bibliography
• Index.