Just War and Jihad

Name: Just War and Jihad
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Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on War and Peace in Western and Islamic Traditions

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Contributions to the Study of Religion

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In this collaborative examination two diverse groups of scholars look at Western and Islamic approaches to war, peace, and statecraft from their own perspectives in an effort to bridge the gap of knowledge and understanding between the two traditions. Scholars in religious ethics and international law examine the substantial body of literature on the just war tradition that has been produced over time by historians, theologians, ethicists, and international lawyers. The Islamic tradition, which in both its classical and contemporary forms presents a rich variety of materials for discussions of statecraft, including issues connected with the justification, conduct, and ultimate aims of war, is then assessed by a group of leading Islamicists. The two major themes stressed by the contributors are the "historical" and "theoretical" approaches to war and peace in the two great religious and cultural traditions. In every case, the essays are broadly historical and comparative in nature. "Just War and Jihad", together with its companion volume "Cross-Crescent and Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition" (Greenwood Press, 1990), represents the outcome of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogues.

Author Biography:

JOHN KELSAY is Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee. He was coauthor of Human Rights and the Conflict of Culture and coeditor with James Turner Johnson of Cross, Crescent, and Sword (Greenwood, 1990). His articles, Religion, Morality, and the Governance of War and Divine Commands and Social Order are forthcoming. He is currently writing several essays on ethics in Islam. JAMES TURNER JOHNSON is Professor of Religion, University Director of International Programs, and a member of the graduate faculty in political science at Rutgers University. A former Goggenheim Fellow and Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellow, his previous books include Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War, Just War Tradition and the Restraint of War, Can Modern War Be Just? and The Quest for Peace: Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History. Johnson has also published over forty articles in various American and European scholarly journals.

Release date NZ

May 21st, 1991

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Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Interest Age

From 7 to 17 years

Pages

272

Series

Contributions to the Study of Religion

Dimensions

157x240x25

ISBN-13

9780313273476

Product ID

14280883

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