Just war and jihad : historical and theoretical perspectives on war and peace in western and Islamic traditions / edited by John Kelsay and James Turner Johnson.

Contributor Kelsay, John, 1953-

Imprint:New York ; Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1991.

Descriptionxvi, 254 p. : 25 cm.

Note:Papers presented at four conferences held at Rutgers University in the winter and spring of 1988-1989.

Note:PART I: FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES: Historical roots and sources of the just war tradition in western culture / James Turner Johnson -- The sources of Islamic conceptions of war / Fred M. Donner -- The western moral tradition on war: Christian theology and warfare / John Langan -- The religious foundations of war, peace, and statecraft in Islam / Richard C. Martin -- PART II: HOLY WAR: "Holy war" appeals and western Christianity: a reconsideration of Bainton's approach / David Little -- Holy war (Jihad) in Islamic religion and nation-state ideologies / Bruce Lawrence -- PART III: INTERNATIONAL LAW: The international law of war as related to the western just war tradition / William V. O'Brien -- War and peace in the Islamic tradition and international law / Ann Elizabeth Mayer.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.

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