{"product_id":"the-warrior-and-the-pacifist-9781138585447","title":"The Warrior and the Pacifist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at two contradictory ethical motifs - the warrior and the pacificist - across four major faith traditions: Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their role in shaping our understanding of violence and the morality of its use. \u003cem\u003eThe Warrior and the Pacifist \u003c\/em\u003eexplores how these faith traditions, which now mutually inhabit our life spaces,  bring with them across the millennia the moral teachings that have traveled from prehistoric humanity, embedded in the beliefs, rituals, and institutions socially constructed by humans to deal with ultimate concerns, core aspects of daily personal and social life, and life transitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eKevin P. Clements\u003c\/i\u003e); 1 Rethinking Religion and Violence (\u003ci\u003eLester R. Kurtz\u003c\/i\u003e); PART I The Buddhist Tradition; 2 Buddhism and Violence: An Oxymoron? Text and Tradition in Buddhist Just-War Thinking (\u003ci\u003eIselin Frydenlund\u003c\/i\u003e); 3 Engaged Buddhism East and West: Encounters with the Visions, Vitality, and Values of an Emerging Practice (\u003ci\u003ePaula Green\u003c\/i\u003e); 4 Aspects of Social Engagement Within the Southeast Asian Buddhist World (\u003ci\u003eJordan Baskerville and Somboon Chungprampree\u003c\/i\u003e); PART II The Jewish Tradition; 5 War and Peace: Intertwining Threads in the Jewish Tradition (\u003ci\u003eRabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD\u003c\/i\u003e); 6 Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist Traditions of War and Peace (\u003ci\u003ePaul Scham\u003c\/i\u003e); 7 \"Purity of Arms\": Educating Ethical Warriors in the Israeli Army (\u003ci\u003eNoam Zion\u003c\/i\u003e); PART III The Christian Tradition; 8 Peace and War in Christian Thought: A Partisan Guide (\u003ci\u003eNigel Biggar\u003c\/i\u003e); 9 Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace (\u003ci\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/i\u003e); 10 Christianity and Islam in an Age of Transition: Violence or Healing? (\u003ci\u003eJoseph A. Camilleri\u003c\/i\u003e); PART IV The Islamic Tradition; 11 Making Peace with Islam: The Muslim as Peacemaker (\u003ci\u003eAfra Jalabi\u003c\/i\u003e); 12 Transforming Terrorism with Muslims’ Nonviolent Alternatives? (\u003ci\u003eChaiwat Satha-Anand\u003c\/i\u003e); 13 Islamic Approaches to Nonviolence and Peacebuilding: A Critical Examination (\u003ci\u003eMohammed Abu-Nimer\u003c\/i\u003e); PART V Addressing the Issues Cross-Culturally; 14 Building Peace with Religious Support: The Case of Sri Lanka (\u003ci\u003eJehan Perera\u003c\/i\u003e); 15 Interreligious Dialogue (\u003ci\u003eLisa Schirch\u003c\/i\u003e); 16 Warriors and Pacifists: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, Alternatives (\u003ci\u003eLester R. Kurtz\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407225561431,"sku":"9781138585447","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138585447.jpg?v=1730498632","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-warrior-and-the-pacifist-9781138585447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}