The Bishops and Nuclear Weapons
Author : James E. Dougherty
Publisher : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,28 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : James E. Dougherty
Publisher : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,28 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Jim Castelli
Publisher : Image
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Philip J. Murnion
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
"A National Pastoral Life Center publication." Includes bibliographical references.
Author : Judith A. Dwyer
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 34,48 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Robert J. Heyer
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Donald L. Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 042972571X
This book describes the positions advocated by ethicists and churches in the public debate on nuclear weapons. After tracing the development of just-war theory, the dominant moral position on war in Western thought, Dr. Davidson synthesizes the views of contemporary ethicists on the moral principles associated with the just-war tradition. He then documents the postures of Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Ramsey, Michael Walzer, and James Turner Johnson with regard to the first use and retaliatory use of nuclear weapons, deterrence policy, the nuclear freeze proposal, the arms race, and disarmament. The positions endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church and the major Protestant and Jewish denominations in the United States on the issues of nuclear warfare are described in detail, with extensive treatment given to the development of the Catholic Bishops' 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace and the statements of churches affiliated with the National Council of Churches. The views of over 30 denominations, representing more than 110 million members, are considered. The final chapter of the book contrasts the stance of the churches with that of the Reagan Administration. Proposing guidelines for a moral defense policy in the nuclear age, Dr. Davidson's thesis is that national security requires a recognition of the need to protect and preserve values worth defending while simultaneously taking steps to prevent nuclear war.
Author : Drew Christiansen, SJ
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 29,21 MB
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1647122902
Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weapons At a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with testimonies from witnesses. It is a companion volume to A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown University Press, 2020). Chapters from the perspectives of missile personnel and the military chain of command, industrialists and legislators, and citizen activists show how we might achieve a nuclear-free world. Key to this transition is the important role of public education and the mobilization of lay movements to raise awareness and effect change. This essential collection prepares military professionals, policymakers, everyday citizens, and the pastoral workers who guide them, to make decisions that will lead us to disarmament.
Author : Drew Christiansen, SJ
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1626168040
On November 10, 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in the nuclear era to take a complete stand against nuclear weapons, even as a form of deterrence. At a Vatican conference of leaders in the field of disarmament, he made it clear that the possession of the bomb itself was immoral. A World Free from Nuclear Weapons presents the pope’s address and original testimony from Nobel Peace Prize laureates, religious leaders, diplomats, and civil society activists. These luminaries, which include the pope and a Hiroshima survivor, make the moral case against possessing, manufacturing, and deploying nuclear arms. Drew Christiansen, a member of the Holy See delegation to the 2017 United Nations conference that negotiated the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, helps readers to understand this conference in its historical context. A World Free from Nuclear Weapons is a critical companion for scholars of modern Catholicism, moral theology, and peace studies, as well as policymakers working on effective disarmament. It shows how the Church’s revised position presents an opportunity for global leaders to connect disarmament to larger movements for peace, pointing toward future action.
Author : Drew Christiansen
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Deterrence (Strategy)
ISBN : 1647122899
Forbidden moves beyond the conceptualization of a ban on nuclear weapons to the implementation of the Pope's teachings, the first pontiff to condemn possession. This book interweaves the essential witness of survivors of nuclear attacks and test explosions with the voices of leaders who provide needed context for Pope Francis's condemnation.
Author : Charles J. Reid
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,10 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN :