Just War as Christian Discipleship: by Daniel M. Bell

Author: Daniel M. Bell

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Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State

This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous stresses and difficulties associated with war.

Just War as Christian Discipleship recovers contexts and specifics of the just war tradition that have been widely forgotten. Instead of seeing the tradition as a checklist to complete that justifies a proposed or ongoing war, Bell looks back to the aspects of the tradition that were about forming, supporting, and holding accountable Christians as just warriors. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served two tours in Iraq and study questions for group use.

"By reframing just war as a discipline of Christian discipleship, Bell has breathed new life into the discussion surrounding this important topic."--Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School

Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Physical Info: 0.8" H x 8.9" L x 5.9" W (0.8 lbs) 267 pages
Carton Quantity: 44
Publisher: Baker Academic
US SRP: $ 21.99 US
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: October 01, 2009

Daniel M. Bell Jr. (PhD, Duke University) is associate professor of theological ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. He has worked extensively with both retired and active duty military personnel on the just war tradition. Bell is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and the author of Liberation Theology after the End of History.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Ethics
- Religion | Christian Ministry | Discipleship
LC Subjects:
-Christianity -Just war doctrine
-Religious aspects -War
Themes:
- Religious Orientation | Christian
Dewey: 241.6242
LCCN: 2009021689

Just War as Christian Discipleship: by Daniel M. Bell Author: Daniel M. Bell
	Item#	Binding	isbn - 10	Price
	9781587432255	Paperback	1587432250	14.95
A provocative and timely account of just war that relates it to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life.

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