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METHODISM. PEACE & WAR 20TH CENTURY

Methodism, Peace and War in the Twentieth Century

by Michael Hughes

  • Paperback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Epworth Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

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Attention is given to the way in which Methodist scholars and ministers, ranging from A.S. Peake to Leslie Weatherhead and Donald Soper to Kenneth Greet, have sought to relate questions of war and peace to broader considerations of Christian faith and practice. Chapters focus on responses within British Methodism to the Boer War and its aftermath, the First World War, the inter-war years and the rise of fascism, the Second World War, the Cold War, debates about the relationship between economic justice and conflict in the post-1945 period, and the international situation since the end of the Cold War.Looking at official Conference documents and 'grass roots' material, the author shows how Methodists, alongside other Christians, have wrestled with questions such as whether it can ever be right for Christians to take up arms or support their country in times of war? Does the state have the right to conscript its citizens to fight in times of war, and should individuals have the right to object to military service on grounds of conscience? Is it ever morally acceptable to possess weapons of mass destructions or to target civilians in times of war?Is it possible to identify new ways of promoting global economic justice in order to reduce the incidence of war and conflict (debt relief, new trading patterns, etc.)?
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The Essential History of ChristianityMETHODISM. PEACE & WAR 20TH CENTURY

  • Author

    Michael Hughes

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Epworth Press

  • Published

    September 2013

  • Weight

    409g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780716206170

  • ISBN-10

    071620617X

  • Eden Code

    1003099

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