Biggar’s Critique of Christian Pacifism, Extended
In this essay, I take up the critique of Christian pacifism offered in Nigel Biggar’s In Defence of War.1 Focusing on the New Testament, Biggar argues that the evidence does not suggest a requirement of pacifism for Christians. This seems correct, but I argue that Biggar’s critique should be extende...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-265 |
| Review of: | In defence of war (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Kelsay, John)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
B Pacifism B Discipleship B Christian practical reason B just war tradition B Old Testament B Nigel Biggar B New Testament |
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