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020			_z9780268010485 (pbk.)
020			_z026801048X (paper)
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050	0	0	_aBT736.2 _b.G39 2013
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100	1		_aGentry, Caron E.
245	1	0	_aOffering hospitality _h[electronic resource] : _bquestioning Christian approaches to war / _cCaron E. Gentry.
260			_aNotre Dame, Indiana : _bUniversity of Notre Dame Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theology--Christian realism, pacifism, and the just war tradition--and argues that Christian political theologies on war remain, for the most part, inward-looking and resistant to criticism from opposing viewpoints. In light of the new problems that require choices about the use of force--genocide, terrorism, and failed states, to name just a few--a rethinking of the conventional arguments about just war and pacifism is timely and important. Gentry's insightful perspective marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to prevailing theories, such as Christian realism represented in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and the pacifist tradition of Stanley Hauerwas. She draws out the connection between hospitality in postmodern literature and hospitality as derived from the Christian conception of agape, and relates the literature on hospitality to the Christian ethics of war. She contends that the practice of hospitality, incorporated into the jus ad bellum criterion of last resort, would lead to a "better peace." Gentry's critique of Christian realism, pacifism, and the just war tradition through an engagement with feminism is unique, and her treatment of failed states as a concrete security issue is practical. By asking multiple audiences--theologians, feminists, postmodern scholars, and International Relations experts--to grant legitimacy and credibility to each other's perspectives, she contributes to a reinvigorated dialogue. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Ethics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aJust war doctrine.
650		0	_aAgape.
650		0	_aPacifism _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aWar _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780268080754/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34084 _d34084