Abstract
Just war's engagement with pacifism has shaped the discourse of war within and beyond Christian ethics. Less attention has been given to Christian realism's relationship to just war thought or to the possibilities such a dialogue might disclose. This essay examines certain features of the Christian realist Reinhold Niebuhr's moral, theological, and political thought to consider the promise of a Christian realist theory of justifiable war.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-161 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Philosophy