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10 - The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period

from Part II - Just War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
James Turner Johnson
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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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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just war traditioncontemporary just warlaw of nationslaw of war
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 241 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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