The Dove, the Fig-Leaf and the Sword
Why Christianity changes its mind about war
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Christianity
| Author: | Alan Billings | ISBN: | 9780281072255 |
| Publisher: | SPCK | Publication: | May 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | SPCK | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Billings |
| ISBN: | 9780281072255 |
| Publisher: | SPCK |
| Publication: | May 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | SPCK |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
