Just war and jihad : historical and theoretical perspectives on war and peace in western and Islamic traditions / edited by John Kelsay and James Turner Johnson.

By:

Johnson, James Turner

Contributor(s):

Kelsay, John, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contributions to the study of religionPublication details: New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.Description: xvi, 254 p. : 25 cmISBN:

0313273472 (alk. paper)

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Contents:

Historical roots and sources of the just war tradition in Western culture / James Turner Johnson -- The sources of Islamic conceptions of war / Fred M. Donner -- The Western moral tradition on war : Christian theology and warfare / John Langan, S.J. -- The religious foundations of war, peace, and statecraft in Islam / Richard C. Martin -- "Holy war" appeals and Western Christianity : a reconsideration of Bainton's approach / David Little -- Holy war (Jihad) in Islamic religion and nation-state ideologies / Bruce Lawrence -- The international law of war as related to the Western just war tradition / William V. O'Brien -- War and peace in the Islamic tradition and international law / Ann Elizabeth Mayer.

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Papers presented at four conferences held at Rutgers University in the winter and spring of 1988-1989.