The Just War Revisited

by Oliver O'Donovan

Book Overview

Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan here takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Modern Christians differ widely on this issue. A few hold that absolute pacifism is the only viable Christian position, others subscribe in various ways to concepts of 'just war' developed out of a Western tradition that arose from the legacies of Augustine and Aquinas, while others still adopt more pragmatically realist postures. Professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521538998
• ISBN13: 9780521538992
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 7.9"