Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- 9 Judaism and the Ethics of War
- 10 The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period
- 11 Islam and the Just War Tradition
- 12 Is There a Hindu Just War?
- 13 Buddhist Just War Traditions
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
10 - The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period
from Part II - Just War
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- 9 Judaism and the Ethics of War
- 10 The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period
- 11 Islam and the Just War Tradition
- 12 Is There a Hindu Just War?
- 13 Buddhist Just War Traditions
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
This chapter examines the development of the just war idea in Christian thought from its beginnings through its taking classic shape until the early modern period, when it became the basis for the idea of the law of nations while also remaining as a religious concept in both Catholic and Protestant thought.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 241 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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