Peacemaking and religious violence : from Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Roger A., 1930-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, [2009]
Series:	Princeton theological monograph series ; 120.
Subjects:	Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity. Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity. Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274 > Political and social views. Llull, Ramon, > 1232?-1316. Nicholas, > of Cusa, Cardinal, > 1401-1464. Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Religion. Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, > Baron, > 1583-1648.

Table of Contents:

Religious violence and the peace mandate of Jesus
Christians orthodox and heterodox : 'Thomas Aquinas and the "Manichees"
Christians among other God-fearers : Ramon Lull's dialogue of a Christian, Jew, and Muslim
Christians and other religions : Nicholas of Cusa's vision of global religious peace
Wars of Christians against Christians : Herbert of Cherbury's theological antidote to religious warfare
Disestablishing religion and the waning of Christian violence : the political theology of Thomas Jefferson
Epilogue: Reclaiming the peace mandate of Jesus for the twenty-first century.