The origins of war : a Catholic perspective

The origins of war : a Catholic perspective / Matthew Allen Shadle.

Debate rages within the Catholic Church about the ethics of war and peace, but the simple question of why wars begin is too often neglected. Catholics' assumptions about the causes of conflict are almost always drawn uncritically from international relations theory -- a field dominated by liber...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shadle, Matthew Allen, 1979-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011.
Series:Moral traditions series.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Doctrines > History.
Catholic Church
War > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Theology, Doctrinal
War > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
History
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Table of Contents:
  • From the Bible to the Middle Ages
  • The emergence of modernity
  • Contemporary international relations theory
  • Constructivism
  • A Catholic perspective on the origins of war
  • Twentieth-century Catholic thinkers
  • The twentieth-century Popes and the Second Vatican Council
  • Pope John Paul II
  • Contemporary Catholics.

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