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This brief introduction surveys Christian thinking on an array of
topics related to security and peace from a just war perspective.
Drawing primarily on Scripture and theology, Eric Patterson
explores the moral dimensions of order, justice, and peace in light
of key Christian doctrines such as love of neighbor, stewardship,
vocation, and sphere sovereignty. He also examines the perennial
questions of civil disobedience, terrorism, revolution, and holy
war (including a discussion of Israel's removal of the Canaanites
and the Crusades) and interacts with theological thinkers
throughout Christian history. The volume concludes with a treatment
of punishment and restitution, considering how these can help move
a society toward conciliation. While ideal as a textbook for
courses on Christian ethics, theology and politics, and church and
society, this book will also appeal to pastors and lay readers
questioning the morality of war and Christians' involvement in
force. Christians who serve in government, law enforcement, and the
military will also find helpful guidance for thinking theologically
about their vocations.
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Innovation (Paperback)
Renu Agarwal, Eric Patterson, Sancheeta Pugalia, Roy Green
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R1,209
Discovery Miles 12 090
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Concise overview of a core element in the business curriculum
Covers cutting edge topics such as open innovation and the dark
side of digital disruption Links the impact of innovation on
business and society
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Innovation (Hardcover)
Renu Agarwal, Eric Patterson, Sancheeta Pugalia, Roy Green
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R4,174
Discovery Miles 41 740
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Concise overview of a core element in the business curriculum
Covers cutting edge topics such as open innovation and the dark
side of digital disruption Links the impact of innovation on
business and society
The purpose of this study is to focus on the intersection of
religion and politics. Do different religions result in different
politics? More specifically, are there significant contrasts
between the political attitudes and behavior of Catholics and
Protestants in Latin America?
In the past generation, Protestants have grown from 2% to as much
as 25% of the population of some Latin American countries. In
Europe and North America, Catholicism has traditionally been
associated with authoritarian politics, whereas Protestantism is
associated with democracy and capitalism.
This book uses survey data to study the nexus of religion and
politics in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. More specifically,
Protestants and Catholics are compared in terms of political
participation, democratic attitudes, and political engagement. They
study finds that religious variables do impact political behavior
and attitudes in the region.
This book is unique in that very few studies of religion and
politics in Latin America use cross-national, quantitative data.
Most existing studies observe an individual group, church, or
denomination; this work looks at what is happening across
Brazilian, Chilean, and Mexican societies. Thus, it provides
background and information on voting patterns, interest in
politics, and religious based political parties.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a
perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical
considerations should guide war's settlement and its aftermath? In
cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing
states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for
establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral? "Ethics
Beyond War's End" provides answers to these questions from the just
war tradition. Just war thinking engages the difficult decisions of
going to war and how war is fought. But from this point forward
just war theory must also take into account what happens after war
ends, and the critical issues that follow: establishing an enduring
order, employing political forms of justice, and cultivating
collective forms of conciliation. Top thinkers in the field -
including Michael Walzer, Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner
Johnson, and Brian Orend - offer powerful contributions to our
understanding of the vital issues associated with late- and post
conflict in tough, real-world scenarios that range from the US
Civil War to contemporary quagmires in Afghanistan, the Middle
East, and the Congo.
This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and
military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the
American Revolution to the present day. Specifically, the book
looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts
from a just war perspective. For example, was the casus belli of
the American Revolution just, and more specifically, was the
Continental Congress a "legitimate" political authority? Was it
just for Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? How much of a
role did the egos of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon play in prolonging
the Vietnam War? Often there are trade-offs that civilian and
military leaders must take into account, such as General Scott's
1847 decision to bombard the city of Veracruz in order to quickly
move his troops off the malarial Mexican coast. The book also
considers the moral significance and policy practicalities of
different motives and courses of action. The case studies provided
highlight the nuances and even limits of just war principles, such
as just cause, right intention, legitimate authority, last resort,
likelihood of success, discrimination, and proportionality, and
principles for ending war such as order, justice, and conciliation.
This book will be of interest for students of just war theory,
ethics, philosophy, American history and military history more
generally.
This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and
military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the
American Revolution to the present day. Specifically, the book
looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts
from a just war perspective. For example, was the casus belli of
the American Revolution just, and more specifically, was the
Continental Congress a "legitimate" political authority? Was it
just for Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? How much of a
role did the egos of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon play in prolonging
the Vietnam War? Often there are trade-offs that civilian and
military leaders must take into account, such as General Scott's
1847 decision to bombard the city of Veracruz in order to quickly
move his troops off the malarial Mexican coast. The book also
considers the moral significance and policy practicalities of
different motives and courses of action. The case studies provided
highlight the nuances and even limits of just war principles, such
as just cause, right intention, legitimate authority, last resort,
likelihood of success, discrimination, and proportionality, and
principles for ending war such as order, justice, and conciliation.
This book will be of interest for students of just war theory,
ethics, philosophy, American history and military history more
generally.
This much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights
and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application
to contemporary conflicts. Recent Christian reflection on war has
largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The
contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear
overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a
much-needed and original evaluation of how Christian traditions and
denominations may employ this thinking today. The introduction
examines the historical development of Christian just war thinking,
differences between just war thinking and the alternatives of
pacifism and holy war, distinctions among Christian thinkers on
issues such as the role of the state and “lesser evil”
politics, and shared Christian theological commitments with public
policy ramifications (for example, the priority of peace). The
chapters that follow outline—from Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran,
Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Anabaptist
denominational perspectives—the positions of major church
traditions on the ethics of warfare. The contributors include
philosophers, military strategists, political scientists, and
historians who seek to engage various and distinctive
denominational approaches to the issues of church and state, war,
peace, diplomacy, statecraft, and security over two thousand years
of Christian history. Just War and Christian Traditions presents an
essential resource for understanding the Judeo-Christian roots and
denominational frameworks undergirding the moral structure for
statesmanship and policy referred to as just war thinking. This
practical guide will interest students, pastors, and lay people
interested in issues of peace and security, military history, and
military ethics. Contributors: John Ashcroft, Eric Patterson, J.
Daryl Charles, Joseph E. Capizzi, Darrell Cole, H. David Baer,
Keith J. Pavlischek, Daniel Strand, Nigel Biggar, Mark Tooley, and
Timothy J. Demy.
The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal
development in America in the past quarter century. And while their
voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their
participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They
continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual Bible thumpers
whose views are devoid of reason, logic, or empirical evidence.
They're seen as lemmings, following the cues of Dobson and
Robertson and marching in lock step with the Republican party on
the "culture wars" issues of abortion, gay rights, and guns. Is The
Good Book Good Enough? remedies the neglect of this highly
influential group, which makes up as much as a third of the
American public. It offers a carefully nuanced and comprehensive
portrait of evangelical attitudes on a wide range of policies and
their theological underpinnings. Each essay applies an evangelical
lens to a contemporary issue - environmentalism, immigration,
family and same-sex marriage, race relations, global human rights,
foreign policy and national security, social welfare and poverty,
and economic policy. The result thoroughly enriches our
understanding of evangelicalism as a prism through which many view
a wide range of policy debates.
This much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights
and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application
to contemporary conflicts. Recent Christian reflection on war has
largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The
contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear
overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a
much-needed and original evaluation of how Christian traditions and
denominations may employ this thinking today. The introduction
examines the historical development of Christian just war thinking,
differences between just war thinking and the alternatives of
pacifism and holy war, distinctions among Christian thinkers on
issues such as the role of the state and “lesser evil”
politics, and shared Christian theological commitments with public
policy ramifications (for example, the priority of peace). The
chapters that follow outline—from Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran,
Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Anabaptist
denominational perspectives—the positions of major church
traditions on the ethics of warfare. The contributors include
philosophers, military strategists, political scientists, and
historians who seek to engage various and distinctive
denominational approaches to the issues of church and state, war,
peace, diplomacy, statecraft, and security over two thousand years
of Christian history. Just War and Christian Traditions presents an
essential resource for understanding the Judeo-Christian roots and
denominational frameworks undergirding the moral structure for
statesmanship and policy referred to as just war thinking. This
practical guide will interest students, pastors, and lay people
interested in issues of peace and security, military history, and
military ethics. Contributors: John Ashcroft, Eric Patterson, J.
Daryl Charles, Joseph E. Capizzi, Darrell Cole, H. David Baer,
Keith J. Pavlischek, Daniel Strand, Nigel Biggar, Mark Tooley, and
Timothy J. Demy.
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Blurr (Paperback)
Joanna West, Eric Patterson; Joey Renee
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R403
Discovery Miles 4 030
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE ORGINS Sweetheart you are a Blurr. We are the
balance between good and evil. We are the middle ground of heaven
and earth. Imagine if you will that heaven is a magnet of power and
energy of good. Hell is a magnet of power and negative dark energy.
Then there is life in between the two. If at any time one of those
energies over powers the other, the magnet closes. We are the
balance holders of the universe. We have powers that operate
outside of morale, time, and consciousness. We were created in his
light and honor. Our powers began in our eldest descendant. Juliana
De La Rosa. You may not remember this India. When you were a child
I gave you a pair of Acanthite Crystal Earrings. They dispel evil
and provide safety and preservation of self. It also brings wisdom
and foresight. Juliana De La Rosa made them for you to place my
mind at ease.
This book discusses the lack of religious understanding in US
foreign policy, examining why the US chooses to avoid the religious
aspects of international affairs. "Politics in a Religious World"
examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the
role of religion in international conflicts. After the Cold War, it
became evident that religion was a key factor in many conflicts,
including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. However, the US failed
to correctly appreciate this role, for example predicting the
failure of the Iranian theocrats in 1979. Today, most of the
security and foreign relations challenges faced by the US are
infused with religious factors, from its relations with Iran to the
Iraq war and jihadist terrorists. Religion, however, can also play
a transnational role when it comes to human rights, conflict
resolution, and political mobilization. Written by an expert in the
field, the book analyzes why the US deliberately avoids the
religious dimension of international affairs and proposes a
comprehensive approach to a religiously literate US foreign policy.
"Politics in a Religious World" addresses a needed area and will
appeal to anyone studying US foreign policy as well as the
interaction of religion and international affairs.
The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as
Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments
such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. US military chaplains,
who are by definition non-combatants, have been called upon by
their war-fighting commanders to take on new roles beyond providing
religious services to the troops to also engage the local citizenry
and provide their commanders with assessments of the religious and
cultural landscape outside the base. More specifically, in the
Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan, chaplains have occasionally been
asked to provide their commanders with background on the religious
and cultural environment to which they deployed (e.g. Islam and the
Muslim world) and to reach out to local civilian clerics in hostile
territory in pursuit of peace and understanding. Despite some
internal resistance to this expansion of duties, some military
chaplains have engaged local religious authorities in order to
quell misunderstandings and promote peace in the former Yugoslavia,
Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Horn of Africa.In this edited volume,
practitioners and scholars chronicle the changes that have happened
in the field in the 21st century. For example, they explain how the
Multi-National Forces-Iraq command chaplain (who reported directly
to General Petraeus) worked with the NGO Foundation for
Reconciliation and Reconstruction in the Middle East, contributing
to a significant drop in sectarian violence. In the Horn of Africa,
the command chaplain, who was a Jewish rabbi, helped build
relationships between Muslims and Christians. In Afghanistan,
Muslim chaplains engaged with Sunni and Shia religious leaders to
develop local trust and Coalition and a training program for
religious leaders within the Afghan National Army. By looking at
the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, this volume
raises issues critical to US foreign and national security policy
and diplomacy.
Imagine a world where animals can talk to each other, an obnoxious
mouse full of wit, a mischievous cat that can't be trusted, and an
endearing puppy with a heart full of goodness and hope. In this
world the mice rest all of their hopes and dreams on one innocent,
naive puppy. Can he bring peace to the feuding cats, mice, and
dogs? The puppy, Fluffy, is willing to risk his life that says he
can, even if it means betraying his master, whom he loves more than
anything. Will Fluffy ever accomplish his goal of achieving peace?
Or is Fluffy's actual purpose something more, something he cannot
comprehend?
The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal
development in America in the past quarter century. And while their
voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their
participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They
continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual Bible thumpers
whose views are devoid of reason, logic, or empirical evidence.
They're seen as lemmings, following the cues of Dobson and
Robertson and marching in lock step with the Republican party on
the "culture wars" issues of abortion, gay rights, and guns. Is The
Good Book Good Enough? remedies the neglect of this highly
influential group, which makes up as much as a third of the
American public. It offers a carefully nuanced and comprehensive
portrait of evangelical attitudes on a wide range of policies and
their theological underpinnings. Each essay applies an evangelical
lens to a contemporary issue - environmentalism, immigration,
family and same-sex marriage, race relations, global human rights,
foreign policy and national security, social welfare and poverty,
and economic policy. The result thoroughly enriches our
understanding of evangelicalism as a prism through which many view
a wide range of policy debates.
This book discusses the lack of religious understanding in US
foreign policy, examining why the US chooses to avoid the religious
aspects of international affairs. "Politics in a Religious World"
examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the
role of religion in international conflicts. After the Cold War, it
became evident that religion was a key factor in many conflicts,
including Bosnia, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. However, the US failed
to correctly appreciate this role, for example predicting the
failure of the Iranian theocrats in 1979. Today, most of the
security and foreign relations challenges faced by the US are
infused with religious factors, from its relations with Iran to the
Iraq war and jihadist terrorists. Religion, however, can also play
a transnational role when it comes to human rights, conflict
resolution, and political mobilization. Written by an expert in the
field, the book analyzes why the US deliberately avoids the
religious dimension of international affairs and proposes a
comprehensive approach to a religiously literate US foreign policy.
"Politics in a Religious World" addresses a needed area and will
appeal to anyone studying US foreign policy as well as the
interaction of religion and international affairs.
Just War Thinking: Morality and Pragmatism in the Struggle Against
Contemporary Threats reconsiders the intersection between morality
and pragmatism in foreign policy and modern warfare. Whereas recent
explications of 'Just War theory' neglect how twenty-first century
wars differ from the old wars that Just War doctrine was originally
designed for, this book argues that a political ethic of
responsibility should motivate the contemporary application of
military force by states in order to protect international security
and human life. Just War Thinking criticizes the quasi-pacifism of
most formal Just War scholarship, reconceptualizes a minimal,
realistic 'just war thinking' framework for exploring foreign and
military policy options, and evaluates the usefulness of this
approach by investigating contemporary cases such as the war on
terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, the call for assassination of
political leaders, and military humanitarian intervention. Finally,
the book considers new challenges to pragmatic yet moral policies:
the neglect of jus post bellum (justice at war's end); the
challenge of public opinion, democratic processes, and
supranational institutions to policies based on just war thinking;
and the erosive power of postmodernism to the normative structures
guiding Western decision-makers.
In this highly anticipated sequel to Nature Boy, Jason comes across
some more tough decisions, including one that will gain him the
favor of the prettiest girl in school. But at what cost? Join
Nature Boy in his search for his true identity. Then witness Nature
Boy and his dog, Rex, save the day once again as they discover
additional super powers they didnt know they possessed.
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