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From just war and pacifism to peacebuilding : an introduction -- Jesus : the reality of God's reign and the possibility of peace -- Early Christian pacifism : Tertullian and Orien -- Augustine and the beginning of Christian just war theory -- War and the common good : Aquinas and the just war tradition -- Reformation interpretations of just war : Luther and Calvin -- War in God's name : crusaders, Joan of Arc, and Puritan revolutionaries -- A witness for the kingdom : humanist, Anabaptist, and Quaker pacifists -- From just war and pacifism to peacebuilding -- Peacebuilding : a practical strategy of hope.

"Global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and ecological destruction call for a twenty-first-century Christian response which links cross-cultural and interreligious cooperation for change to the Gospel. This book demonstrates why just action is necessarily a criterion of authentic Christian theology, and gives grounds for Christian hope that change in violent structures is really possible. Lisa Sowle Cahill argues that theology and biblical interpretation are already embedded in and indebted to ethical-political practices and choices. Within this ecumenical study, she explores the use of the historical Jesus in constructive theology; the merits of Word and Spirit Christologies; the importance of liberation and feminist theologies as well as theologies from the global south; and also the possibility of qualified moral universalism. The book will be of great interest to all students of theology, religious ethics and politics, and biblical studies"--

Michael Walzer defends a political liberalism that upholds the right to share in substantive goods as well as to enjoy civil liberties, & that supports the value & rights of particular ethnic, cultural, & religious communities. But Walzer tends to see the political sphere as one in which conflict continually threatens, & particular commitments must be suppressed or constrained. I propose what might be termed a "progressive" politics, in which particular identities & relationships are appreciated as the bases of meaningful social agency, & in which particular communities come together around problems of mutual concern to establish common ground & working relationships in a participatory democracy. References. Adapted from the source document.

Embodiment, Morality and Medicine deals with the relevance of `embodiment' to bioethics, considering both the historical development and contemporary perspectives on the mind--body relation. The emphasis of all authors is on the importance of the body in defining personal identity as well as on the role of social context in shaping experience of the body. Among the perspectives considered are Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and African-American. Feminist concerns are important throughout