Non-Violence as Central to Christian Spirituality. Perspectives From Scripture to the Present
| Author: | Culliton, Joseph | |
| Year: | 1982 | |
| Pages: | 312 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-964-4 978-0-88946-964-8 | |
| Price: | $219.95 + shipping | |
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Eleven original essays on non-violence according to the Old Testament, the New Testament, and Christian leaders/theologians.
Reviews
". . . an important contribution to the literature on non-violence . . . one of the few attempts since the 1930s to set the concept of non-violence within a scriptural, historical, and theological context in the Western tradition." - Sciences Religieuses/Studies in Religion
"concise, clearly structured, thoroughly referenced . . . of particular importance . . . . It will make a good text book as well as provide excellent professional reading." - Canadian Catholic Review
"a valuable reference source" - The Christian Century
". . . remarkable . . . This volume belongs on the reading lists of the growing number of courses examining the theology and praxis of the churches' peace and justice ministries." - Religious Studies Review
". . . sets out to show the centrality of non-violence to Christian spirituality. . . . much of interest - biblical, historical or spiritual . . . ." - The Irish Theological Quarterly
". . . both scholarly and readable . . . a good introduction into the thought and relevant writings . . . ." - TSF Bulletin
"concise, clearly structured, thoroughly referenced . . . of particular importance . . . . It will make a good text book as well as provide excellent professional reading." - Canadian Catholic Review
"a valuable reference source" - The Christian Century
". . . remarkable . . . This volume belongs on the reading lists of the growing number of courses examining the theology and praxis of the churches' peace and justice ministries." - Religious Studies Review
". . . sets out to show the centrality of non-violence to Christian spirituality. . . . much of interest - biblical, historical or spiritual . . . ." - The Irish Theological Quarterly
". . . both scholarly and readable . . . a good introduction into the thought and relevant writings . . . ." - TSF Bulletin