Torture is a moral issue : Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of conscience speak out /

Torture is a moral issue : Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of conscience speak out /

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Imprint:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.
Description:	xxii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects. Torture -- Religious aspects. Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects. Torture -- Religious aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13193055

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Other authors / contributors:	Hunsinger, George.
ISBN:	9780802860293 080286029X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	In this hard-hitting volume two dozen scholars, activists, military officers, and religious leaders call for an immediate end to the practice of torture, paying particular attention to its use in the American war on terror. Torture Is a Moral Issue begins with background material, including vivid firsthand accounts from a torture survivor and a former U.S. interrogator in Iraq. The heart of the book contains respectively Christian, Jewish, and Muslim arguments against torture, and the final part charts a way forward toward a solution, offering much principled yet practical advice. Included as an afterword is an interview with Darius Rejali, one of the world's foremost experts on torture and democracy.

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Summary:	In this hard-hitting volume two dozen scholars, activists, military officers, and religious leaders call for an immediate end to the practice of torture, paying particular attention to its use in the American war on terror. Torture Is a Moral Issue begins with background material, including vivid firsthand accounts from a torture survivor and a former U.S. interrogator in Iraq. The heart of the book contains respectively Christian, Jewish, and Muslim arguments against torture, and the final part charts a way forward toward a solution, offering much principled yet practical advice. Included as an afterword is an interview with Darius Rejali, one of the world's foremost experts on torture and democracy. Contributors: Taha Jabir Alalwani William T. Cavanaugh John Conroy Edward Feld David P. Gushee Yahya Hendi Scott Horton George Hunsinger Adm. John Hutson Tony Lagouranis Ellen Lippman Ingrid Mattson Ann Elizabeth Mayer Marilyn McEntyre Gen. Richard M. O'Meara Dianna Ortiz Darius Rejali Louise Richardson Kenneth Roth Fleming Rutledge Melissa Weintraub Carol Wickersham
Physical Description:	xxii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780802860293 080286029X