Peace in the Post-Christian Era by Thomas Merton

Name/Title

Peace in the Post-Christian Era by Thomas Merton

Description

Preamble : peace, a religious responsibility -- Can we choose peace? -- The dance of death -- The Christian as peacemaker -- War in Origen and St. Augustine -- The legacy of Machiavelli -- Justice in modern war -- Religious problems of the Cold War -- Theologians and defense -- Working for peace -- Beyond east and west -- Moral passivity and demonic activism -- The scientists and nuclear war -- Red or dead? : the anatomy of a clich{acute}e -- Christian perspectives in world crisis -- Christian conscience and national defense -- The Christian choice. lviii, 165 p. ;21 cm.

Book Details

Author

Merton, Thomas

Editor

Burton, Patricia A.

Place Published

City

Maryknoll, N.Y.

Date Published

circa 2004

Publication Subjects

Peace--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Call No.

BX1795 .P43 M475 2004

ISBN

1570755590 (pbk.)

LCCN

2004008362

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165). Foreword by Jim Forest