Citation

Pabst A. New Blackfriars 2007; 88(1018): 722-738.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-2005.2007.00175.x

PMID

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Abstract

This essay explores the political and legal problem of legitimate wars in relation to the theological question of justice and peace. It begins by charting a brief genealogical account of how in the modern era the Christian ‘just war’ tradition was formalised and thus drained of much of its substantive and practical context.