{"product_id":"a-world-free-from-nuclear-weapons-the-vatican-conference-on-disarmament-9781626168039","title":"A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn November 10, 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in the nuclear era to take a complete stand against nuclear weapons, even as a form of deterrence. At a Vatican conference of leaders in the field of disarmament, he made it clear that the possession of the bomb itself was immoral. A World Free from Nuclear Weapons presents the pope’s address and original testimony from Nobel Peace Prize laureates, religious leaders, diplomats, and civil society activists.  These luminaries, which include the pope and a Hiroshima survivor, make the moral case against possessing, manufacturing, and deploying nuclear arms. Drew Christiansen, a member of the Holy See delegation to the 2017 United Nations conference that negotiated the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, helps readers to understand this conference in its historical context.  A World Free from Nuclear Weapons is a critical companion for scholars of modern Catholicism, moral theology, and peace studies, as well as policymakers working on effective disarmament. It shows how the Church’s revised position presents an opportunity for global leaders to connect disarmament to larger movements for peace, pointing toward future action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffectively compiled and edited by the team of Drew Christiansen and Carole Sargent, \"A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament\" is an extraordinary work that should be considered essential reading by all members of the Catholic community in general, and anyone concerned with the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world today. * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefacePeter K. A. Cardinal Turkson  Introduction: Toward a Positive PeaceDrew Christiansen, SJ  Part I: Setting the Agenda  1. Address by His Holiness Pope Francis  2. Address by Pietro Cardinal Parolin  Part II: Witnesses  3. Surviving the Atomic BombMasako Wada  4. Hiroshima’s Heritage and the Role of Companies in City Reconstruction: How This Experience Shaped Today’s ValuesBruno L. Müller  Part III: Laureates  5. Letter from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the International ConferenceMohamed ElBaradei, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Jody Williams, and Muhammad Yunus  6. Nuclear Weapons: Confronting ArmageddonMohamed ElBaradei  7. For the Disarmament of InjusticeAdolfo Pérez Esquivel  8. Will Human Beings Survive Another Century?Muhammad Yunus  9. What the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Can Offer for the Future Work of Nongovernmental OrganizationsBeatrice Fihn  10. Nukes, Land Mines, and Killer RobotsJody Williams  11. The Peace Process in Northern IrelandMairead Corrigan-Maguire    Part IV: Diplomats  12. The UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons: A DebateRose Gottemoeller, Thomas Hajnoczi, and Jorge Lomónaco  13. Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: Transforming the US-Russian EquationAlexei Georgevich Arbatov  14. International Diplomacy and International Security IssuesIzumi Nakamitsu  15. The Role of International Diplomacy and International OrganizationsThomas Stelzer  Part V: International Civil Society  16. The Humanitarian Initiative as a Condition for the Ban on Nuclear WeaponsFrançois Bugnion  17. The Role of Civil SocietySusi Snyder  18. Reconciliation and DisarmamentMarie-Noëlle Koyara  19. The Risks of Nuclear War TodayPaolo Cotta-Ramusino  20. Dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle EastEmily Landau  21. Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: Resolving the DeadlockAyman Khalil  Part VI: More Religious Voices  22. We Must Do No LessMonsignor Robert W. McElroy  23. Transforming the Human SpiritHiromasa Ikeda  24. Migrations and WarsMonica Attias  25. The Social and Moral Responsibilities of Knowledge WorkersDrew Christiansen, SJ  26. Preliminary ConclusionsStephen Colecchi  Part VII: Closing  27. Salutations Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson  Afterword: The Holy See and Nuclear Disarmament—Achievements and ChallengesArchbishop Silvano M. Tomasi","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041787117911,"sku":"9781626168039","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781626168039.jpg?v=1750951672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-world-free-from-nuclear-weapons-the-vatican-conference-on-disarmament-9781626168039","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}