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- catalog abstract ""Hope in Times of War: A Theological Ethic of Contemporary Conflict builds on Karl Barth's and H. Richard Niebuhr's work concerning the second World War to propose an alternative to the classical just-war theory. The resulting theological ethic argues that God must remain primary in ethical decision-making, while meaningful human action is understood and justified only in response to prior divine acts in history. In this way we can be realistic as to the boundaries of human action while remaining hopeful for the future. We do this by realizing that we as humans are not rational beings who pursue logic in all our experiences, but are symbol-users who strive to understand ourselves and our world through symbols or patterns from our traditions. For Christians, Jesus Christ is central to these symbols, and Trinitarian symbols can be used to understand the ethical problem presented by war. The book's final chapter applies this model to Yugoslavia and demonstrates how one ought to think ethically about conflict situations."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12897633.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Hope in Times of War: A Theological Ethic of Contemporary Conflict builds on Karl Barth's and H. Richard Niebuhr's work concerning the second World War to propose an alternative to the classical just-war theory. The resulting theological ethic argues that God must remain primary in ethical decision-making, while meaningful human action is understood and justified only in response to prior divine acts in history. In this way we can be realistic as to the boundaries of human action while remaining hopeful for the future. We do this by realizing that we as humans are not rational beings who pursue logic in all our experiences, but are symbol-users who strive to understand ourselves and our world through symbols or patterns from our traditions. For Christians, Jesus Christ is central to these symbols, and Trinitarian symbols can be used to understand the ethical problem presented by war.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Christian Realism, Karl Barth and H. Richard Niebuhr -- Ch. 2. Karl Barth -- Ch. 3. H. Richard Niebuhr -- Ch. 4. Critiques -- Ch. 5. A Hopeful Realist Ethic of War.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.".
- catalog description "The book's final chapter applies this model to Yugoslavia and demonstrates how one ought to think ethically about conflict situations."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog extent "x, 212 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0820457698 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Pastoral theology ; v. 4".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog subject "241/.6242/0922 21".
- catalog subject "BT736.2 .R57 2003".
- catalog subject "Barth, Karl, 1886-1968".
- catalog subject "Christian ethics History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962.".
- catalog subject "War Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "War Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Christian Realism, Karl Barth and H. Richard Niebuhr -- Ch. 2. Karl Barth -- Ch. 3. H. Richard Niebuhr -- Ch. 4. Critiques -- Ch. 5. A Hopeful Realist Ethic of War.".
- catalog title "Hope in times of war : a theological ethic of contemporary conflict / David E. Roberts.".
- catalog type "text".