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.

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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