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
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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Background
  • 1. Getting Away with Torture
  • 2. A Survivor's View of Torture
  • 3. Confessions of a Torturer
  • 4. Military Concerns about Torture: Honor, Professionalism, Morale
  • Part II. Christians Speak Out
  • 5. Beyond Numbness: A Personal Meditation
  • 6. Torture Is the Ticking Time Bomb: Why the Necessity Defense Fails
  • 7. Six Reasons Why Torture Is Always Wrong
  • 8. Torture and Eucharist: A Regretful Update
  • 9. My Enemy, Myself: A Sermon
  • Part III. Jews Speak Out
  • 10. Torture and Torah: Defense of Dignity and Life in Jewish Law
  • 11. Developing a Jewish Theology Regarding Torture
  • 12. These Things I Remember as I Pour Out My Heart: A Sermon for Kol Nidre 5766
  • 13. What We Pray For: Principles of Faith
  • Part IV. Muslims Speak Out
  • 14. Stopping Oppression: An Islamic Obligation
  • 15. Of Torture and Abuse
  • 16. A Call for Dialogue: A Sermon
  • 17. Fatwa Against Religious Extremism
  • 18. Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights (1981)
  • Part V. Toward a Solution
  • 19. Islam and Human Rights Today
  • 20. William Wilberforce: Progenitor of the Global Human Rights Movement
  • 21. What Terrorists Want: An Overview
  • 22. Speaking Truth to the Not So Powerful
  • 23. How to End Torture
  • Afterword: Torture Always Comes Home: An Interview with Darius Rejali
  • Appendix 1. Torture Is a Moral Issue: A Statement of Conscience by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture
  • Appendix 2. Statement on Interrogation Practices
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