| Description |
x, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Catholic debate over nuclear weapons -- 2. Pacifism and just war -- Pacifism and the gospel -- War in the Old Testament -- The early Christians and the question of military service -- The Christian and the state -- Christian faith and pagan wisdom -- Limited and just war in Graeco-Roman antiquity -- Ambrose, Augustine and the just war doctrine -- Development of the doctrine in the Middle Ages -- Discrimination and proportionality -- The just war doctrine from the Medieval to the modern period -- 3. Deterrence of war in the nuclear age -- The debate on nuclear weapons at Vatican II -- The concept of deterrence -- Deterrence and arms control -- 4. Changing bishops in a changing American catholic church -- The catholic church in America -- The Americanist heresy -- American Catholics and war -- The Vietnam war and selective conscientious objection -- John Courtney Murray on selective conscientious objection -- Changes in the church since Vietnam and Vatican II -- Political and liberation theology -- 5. The pastoral letter and the Catholic doctrinal tradition -- Moral authority and technical competence -- The Rome consultation -- The bishops on peace and pacifism -- The just war -- Nuclear deterrence -- The bishops as shepherds -- 6. Morality and strategy in the pastoral letter: Implications for deterrence -- Nonviolent resistance -- Deterrence: From counterpopulation to counterforce -- Arms control: weapons modernization or nuclear halt -- Limited nuclear war and no first use -- The economics of nuclear and conventional deterrence -- American bishops, European bishops -- The Bishop's pastoral letter in perspective. |
| Note |
"Published in association with the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge, Massachusetts." |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [239]-245. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Challenge of peace.
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Nuclear warfare -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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| Added Author |
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.
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| ISBN |
0208020519 alkaline paper |
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