Recovering Christian realism : just war theory as a political ethic /

Recovering Christian realism : just war theory as a political ethic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Baer, H. David (Helmut David), 1968-
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 119 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	War -- Moral and ethical aspects. War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Just war doctrine. Just war doctrine. War -- Moral and ethical aspects. War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11406029

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ISBN:	9781498507110 1498507115 9781498507103
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	Recovering Christian Realism develops an account of just war theory as a political ethic grounded explicitly in a Christian theory of political authority. It advances a defense of Christian realism, explains the role played by power in peacemaking, and suggests the outlines for a Christian theory of international relations.
Other form:	Print version: Recovering Christian realism Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498507103 (cloth : alk. paper)

Table of Contents:

Power, peace, and the just war ethic
The criterion of legitimate authority : describing the political act
The criterion of just cause : the limits on government's international jurisdiction
The criterion of just intention : the pursuit of peace and international order
Justice in bello : applying the principle of discrimination
The just war ethic and the nature of Christian realism.