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Author: Theodore R. Weber
Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.282kg
ISBN: 9780718894375
ISBN 10: 0718894375
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 27 October 2016
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Format: Paperback
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Theodore Weber's War, Peace, and Reconciliation is a major treatise in theological ethics. We should reflect about war, he argues, within a theology of God's reconciling work in Jesus Christ. He seeks to show that even war, with all its brutality and destruction, is an arena of God's - and human reconciliation. Anyone who plans to speak about ethics and war should study this book with care. Joseph L. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Informed by Niebuhr's political realism but rooted in a theology of reconciliation, Weber offers an important alternative to the most common ways of thinking about war in Christian thought. Equally important, and critical to the theology of reconciliation, is his analysis of peace as an organization of power, and of a just society as one in which people have the freedom to be vulnerable. Incisively argued and deeply probing, this book is indispensable for all Christian thinking about conflict, power, justice and peace in the emerging international order. Jon Gunnemann, Professor of Social Ethics Emeritus, Emory University Weber has done the Church an invaluable service in providing a distinctively Christian approach to the understanding of the uses of power among nations, often resulting in war. ... Weber's acute analysis and theocentric emphasis offer a much needed corrective to an unengaged pacifism or an engaged but graceless realism. James Laney, President Emeritus, Emory University, former Ambassador to South Korea
"""Theodore Weber's War, Peace, and Reconciliation is a major treatise in theological ethics. We should reflect about war, he argues, within a theology of God's reconciling work in Jesus Christ. He seeks to show that even war, with all its brutality and destruction, is an arena of God's - and human reconciliation. Anyone who plans to speak about ethics and war should study this book with care."" Joseph L. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University ""Informed by Niebuhr's political realism but rooted in a theology of reconciliation, Weber offers an important alternative to the most common ways of thinking about war in Christian thought. Equally important, and critical to the theology of reconciliation, is his analysis of peace as an organization of power, and of a just society as one in which people have the freedom to be vulnerable. Incisively argued and deeply probing, this book is indispensable for all Christian thinking about conflict, power, justice and peace in the emerging international order."" Jon Gunnemann, Professor of Social Ethics Emeritus, Emory University ""Weber has done the Church an invaluable service in providing a distinctively Christian approach to the understanding of the uses of power among nations, often resulting in war. ... Weber's acute analysis and theocentric emphasis offer a much needed corrective to an unengaged pacifism or an engaged but graceless realism."" James Laney, President Emeritus, Emory University, former Ambassador to South Korea Weber has achieved a great deal in a small volume. His contribution to areas of politics and theology cannot be denied, and he speaks with a confidence that comes with the experience of wrestling with ideas over many years -Leah Robinson, Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC"
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Theodore R. Weber is Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Emory University, and a former President of the Society of Christian Ethics in the United States and Canada. He is author of several books and articles, including Politics in the Order of Creation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics.
