Open AccessIn Defence of War
Author(s) -
Göran Collste
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9213
pISSN - 0031-8094
DOI - 10.1093/pq/pqu031
Subject(s) - doctrine , just war theory , philosophy , christianity , law , individualism , religious studies , spanish civil war , theology , political science
Just war theory has always been a matter of controversy in the Christian tradition. How could war possibly be just according to a belief based on the teaching of ‘the Prince of Peace’? In the history of Christianity, one finds on the one side radical Christians arguing for pacifism, and on the other Church Fathers, bishops and theologians who elaborate a doctrine of just war
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