The Way of Peace: Christian Life in Face of Discord

by James M. Childs Jr.

In the spirit and style of Paul Tillich, theologian and ethicist James M. ChildsJr. argues that, for Christians, peaceposes particular problems because ofthe permanence of conflict and violenceamid the assurance that God and Christare at work creating peace. Uncertainty, ambiguity, struggle, debate, andtragedy are not avoidable. Christiandiscipleship and peacemaking, Childsargues, are to be lived in and notdespite these realities.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800663160
• ISBN13: 9780800663162
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"