American Nonviolence Series_ Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church

American Nonviolence Series_ Catholic Theological Ethics in the World ChurchMost Americans can recite the names of famous generals and historic battles. Some can also name champions of nonviolence like Martin Luther King Jr., or recall the struggles for peace and justice that run like a thread through U. S. history. But little attention is paid to the intellectual tradition of nonviolence. Ira Chernus surveys the evolution of this powerful idea from the Colonial Era up to today, focusing on representative movements

He changed the image of Christianity itself for countless young people

" or the set of social and political relationships that produced a particular story or statement

With the addition of John Pauls final encyclical

is a Maryknoll priest and the former publisher of Maryknoll magazine

with neologisms and hyphenated Latinate adjectives weighing down many sentences

highlight her distinctive spiritual message

Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions

Christian Mission in Global Perspective (names one of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies by the Overseas Ministry Study Center of Princeton Theological Seminary) and

He explores African insights into this moral universe and concludes that 'the basis of African morality is the promotion of human life

justice and peace in the context of crises

Harding focuses on the profound significance of the freedom struggle for our lives as citizens today

Kraft treats the very basics