
Moral Reflections on Foreign Policy in a Religious War
Ronald H. Stone(Author)
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. May 2008
Book
Hardback
130 pages
978-0-7391-2737-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Moral Reflections on Foreign Policy in a Religious War argues that foreign policy thinkers and actors must take religion more seriously than they have in analysis and action. The tragedy of U.S. policy in Iraq is in part due to the dangers of ignoring religious conflicts in that country until it was too late, and then responding too lightly. Working as a philosopher of religion and politics, Stone shows how both in the United States and the Middle East unreflective religion in a dialogic relationship with politics power has proven hazardous. Stone proposes policy changes for the United States based on his analysis and calls for reform in the ways that both politics and religion are understood. Without peace between religions, there will be no peace in the Middle East. Without understanding how religion functions in international politics, the United States is doomed to repeat disastrous policies in the Middle East.
Reviews / Votes
Ronald Stone has done as much, or more, than anyone else to utilize the Christian realism of Reinhold Niebuhr to deal with the conflicts of the twenty-first century. In this book he devotes special and perceptive attention to the role of religion in these conflicts. His helpful insights-historical, political, moral, and theological-deserve careful consideration. -- Edward LeRoy Long Jr., Drew UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
364 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-2737-7 (9780739127377)
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Person
Ronald H. Stone is coeditor of Resistance and Theological Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004).
Content
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. The Relationship of Ethics to International Politics Chapter 4 2. Just War and Jihad Chapter 5 3. Just Peacemaking Theory Chapter 6 4. Religion, Morality, and International Politics Chapter 7 5. On Speaking to Hezbollah and a Settler Chapter 8 6. War and Wisdom from Islam and Christianity Chapter 9 7. Reflections on the Role of Violence Chapter 10 8. Response to Terrorism and the Iraq War