Overview
Coming in the wake of momentous changes in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Germany and the movement for democracy in China, Celebrating Peace presents original essays by thinkers and writers to provide reflections on peace that go beyond current events and point towards extending and building peace. This volume intends not only to celebrate peace but to contribute to an understanding of it through philosophical, theological and literary explorations. Contributors include: Part I: Just War, Perpetual Peace, and the Nation-State John J. Gilligan, John H. Yoder, Sissela Bok, and Stephen Toulmin Part II: Christian Conceptions of Peace Trutz Rendtorff, Jurgen Moltmann, and Paul S. Minear Part II: Hindu and Buddhist Views of Peace Gerlad J. Larson, Ninian Smart, and Bhukhu Parek Part IV: Making Peace: Prophecy, protest and poetry Daniel Berrigan, S.J., and Denise Levertov
Full Product Details
Author: Leroy S. Rouner
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.354kg
ISBN: 9780268023560
ISBN 10: 0268023565
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 31 October 1990
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The twelve essayists (Gilligan, Yoder, Bok, Toulmin, Rendtorff, Moltmann, Minear, Larson, Smart, Parekh, Berrigan, and Levertov) present a thought-provoking and stimulating range of views on the issue of peace. The essays are grouped in four themes: just war, perpetual peace, and the nation-state; Christian conceptions of peace; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace; and peacemaking in terms of prophecy and poetry. -Journal of Ecumenical Studies
""The twelve essayists (Gilligan, Yoder, Bok, Toulmin, Rendtorff, Moltmann, Minear, Larson, Smart, Parekh, Berrigan, and Levertov) present a thought-provoking and stimulating range of views on the issue of peace. The essays are grouped in four themes: just war, perpetual peace, and the nation-state; Christian conceptions of peace; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace; and peacemaking in terms of prophecy and poetry."" —Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Author Information
Leroy S. Rouner (d. 2006) was the Professor of Philosophy, Religion and Philosophical Theology and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He edited a number of books and is the author of Within Human Experience: The Philosophy of William Ernest Hocking and To Be at Home: Christianity, Civil Religion and World Community.
