Response paper.
Answer the following question in approximately 2 pages (800-1,000ish words).
Question:
When, in your view, is it appropiate for Christian Statemen to use force? Are there certain types of force that can’t be used under any circumstances? Why or Why not?
Just War Thinking: Bridging the Realities of Power and Moral Law
Orend, “A Sweeping History of Just War” from The Morality of War
Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book IV, Chapter 20, Sections 11 and 12. Accesible here:
https://reformed.org/master/index.html?mainframe=/books/institutes/books/indxbk4.html
Augustine on the “Just War” from Contra Faustum Manichaeum, book 22. 69 – 76
Paul Ramsey, “The Just War According to St Augustine” in Just War Theory Jean Bethke Elshtain, ed. 1992*
Marc LiVecche, “War is Not Hell,” Providence Journal June 18, 2015
A New World? Salience and Uses of Force
Mousseau, Michael. “The end of war: How a robust marketplace and liberal hegemony are leading to perpetual world peace.” International Security 44, no. 1 (2019): 160-196.
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Hastey & Knight, “New Under the Sun?” Journal of Strategic Security 2021 [Forthcoming. I will provide a preview copy]
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Stephan, Maria J., and Erica Chenoweth. “Why civil resistance works: The strategic logic of nonviolent conflict.” International security 33, no. 1 (2008): 7-44.
Art, Robert J. “American foreign policy and the fungibility of force.” Security Studies 5, no. 4 (1996): 7-42
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