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The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Paperback)
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The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Paperback)
Series: Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses
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For Jews, Christians and Muslims, as for all human beings, military
conflicts and war remain part of the reality of the world. The
authoritative writings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, namely
the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Koran, as well as the
theological and philosophical traditions based on them, bear
witness to this fact. Showing the influence of different historical
political situations, various views - sometimes quite similar,
sometimes more divergent -- have developed in the three religions
to justify the waging of war under certain circumstances. Such
views have also been integrated in different ways into legal
systems while, in certain cases, theologies have provide
legitimation for military expansion and atrocities. The aim of the
volume The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
is to explore the respective understanding of "just war" in each
one of these three religions and to make their commonalities and
differences discursively visible. In addition, it highlights and
explains the significance of the topic to the present time. Can the
concepts developed in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions
in order to justify war, serve as a foundation for contemporary
peace ethics? Or do religious arguments always add fuel to the fire
in armed conflict? The contributions in this volume will help
provide answers to these and other socially and politically
relevant questions.
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