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Author Dougherty, James E.

Title The bishops and nuclear weapons : the Catholic pastoral letter on war and peace / James E. Dougherty.

Publication Info. Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1984.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  261.873 D732B    Check Shelf
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."
Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [239]-245.
Subject Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Challenge of peace.
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Nuclear warfare -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Added Author Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.
ISBN 0208020519 alkaline paper
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