Download or read book The Attitude of the Church Towards War written by Herbert Edward Ryle and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace written by Roland H. Bainton and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Appeal to Professing Christians Respecting the Attitude of the Church in Regard to War written by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Representative Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Christian Attitude Toward War written by Loraine Boettner and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the people of our day has been given the privilege of living during some of the most momentous crises in the history of the world. Within the lifetime of one generation our nation has been engaged in two world wars and two smaller wars, the Korean and the Vietnam Wars, with their attendant large-scale destruction of life and property. Many people are genuinely puzzled as to the meaning of war and as to what the attitude of the Christian toward it should be. Because of this lack of understanding, and because much of the religious and political freedom that we enjoy was won through wars sanctioned by the church, the discussion of the whole war question is of primary importance.Sometimes we hear it said that all war is wrong--wrong for the defenders as well as for the aggressors--and that even when waged with the sincere purpose of restraining evil, it tends to produce greater evils than those against which it is directed. Those propositions, we submit, simply are not true. We hold that there is such a thing as a just war--just on the part of those who defend their lives and their homes against unprovoked aggression, but sinful on the part of those who make the attack. To cite only a few instances: If the people of Europe had not resisted the Mohammedan invasions, Europe would have been conquered and, humanly speaking, Christianity would have been stamped out. If at the time of the Reformation the Protestants had not resisted the Roman Catholic persecutions, crimes such as were practiced so freely in the Spanish and Italian Inquisitions would have become common over all of Europe, and Protestantism would have been destroyed. If the American colonists had not fought for their rights, this country would not have gained its independence. In international affairs, as in individual affairs, it often happens that there is an innocent party and a guilty party, although in most cases the guilt is not altogether on one side. And of course there have been many senseless, stupid, inexcusable wars in which neither side was at all concerned about righteousness.We want to be neither pacifists nor militarists. We would define a pacifist as one who will not sanction or take part in any war, no matter what the occasion or the apparent justification--one who is for peace at any price. And we would define a militarist as one who favors heavy military armaments, primarily for purposes of aggression against other nations. We expect to show that the position that should be taken by anyone who is a true Christian and also a loyal citizen lies somewhere between those two extremes.It should not be necessary to say that we hate war as do all right-minded people. We hope that our country may never have to engage in another. We desire peace, but we realize there are some things worse than war. We desire peace, but not the kind that is found in the slave camp or the cemetery. It is true that Christ came as the Prince of Peace, and that His followers should strive to promote peace by all lawful means. And for that reason it may seem strange that any professed Christian should enter a protest against the modern pacifist movement. Anyone who does speak against it doubtless will be misunderstood by some. We believe, however, that that movement is dangerous, and that it has no necessary or legitimate part in the evangelical program.Since the conclusions we reach concerning these problems affect so vitally our attitude toward present-day national and international happenings, and since some people are inclined to take the view that war is always and everywhere wrong, it is important that we have a clear understanding as to what the Christian attitude toward war should be.
Download or read book Christian Attitudes to War Peace and Revolution written by John Howard Yoder and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important thinkers on just war and pacifism describes, analyzes, and evaluates various patterns of thought and practice in Western Christian history.
Download or read book Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace written by Roland H. Bainton and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any scholarship that addresses the evolution of Christian perspectives on warfare generally references this book. first published in 1960. Although the scholarship of this work is now outdated and critiqued, Bainton's work is foundational in the area. Bainton believes that the Christian community started out pacifistic, then developed the just war doctrine, and finally adopted holy war ideals. He traces this trajectory from the Early Church up through the wars and conflicts of the 20th century. Finally, Bainton adds his critique of current militaristic ideas, especially in regards to atomic warfare. (from a review by Andrew Lumpkin)
Download or read book The Attitude of the Church Toward War written by Earl Francis Baker and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Attitude of the Church Towards War written by Herbert Edward Ryle and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Historical Survey of the Attitude of the Church Toward War written by Lloyd A. Cox and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wars of America written by Ronald Wells and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Early Christian Attitude to War written by C. John Cadoux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dove the Fig Leaf and the Sword written by Alan Billings and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the pacifist movement of the first few centuries so quickly become an organization that supports emperors and finds reasons for fighting? ? What leads the Church to formulate just war principles only to abandon them when in pursuit of heretics and infidels? ? What impact did two world wars have on Christian thinking? ? Why have the churches in more recent years and a more secular age apparently taken a more cautious approach to war? These are the sort of questions this absorbing book sets out to answer. It makes a unique and intriguing contribution to the literature published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in August 2014.
Download or read book The Christian Attitude to War written by Arthur Lionel Smith and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace a Historical Survey and Critical Reevaluation written by Roland H Bainton and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace a Historical Survey and Critical Reevaluation War College Series written by Roland H Bainton and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Download or read book War written by Robert G. Clouse and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert G. Clouse presents four different viewpoints on the Christian's involvement in war: Herman A. Hoyt on biblical nonresistance, Myron S. Augsburger on Christian pacifism, Arthur F. Holmes on just war and Harold O. J. Brown on preventive war.
Download or read book The Early Christian Attitude to War written by Cecil John Cadoux and published by London, Headley bros., Limited. This book was released on 1919 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
