Christianity Pacifism
What was the dominant position on War for the first three centuries of Christianity?
What is Pacifism?
The idea that is the starting point for Christian thinking on Just War theory.
What is the inevitability of war?
the justice of conduct within war, after it has begun
What is jus in bello?
The core belief that sits at the centre of Islamic war beliefs
What is Human life, body and soul is a gift from Allah
The time when Muslims must lay down arms in a war
Whose teachings on non-violence inform Christian Pacifism?
Who is Jesus?
The ethical theory that Just War is based on
What is natural law?
The alternative to just war tradition which claims that moral categories do not apply to war
What is Realpolitik?
What is jihad?
What is non-violent means?
What part of the Christian Bible contains the justification for non-violence in the Christian tradition?
What are the Gospels?
The justice of resorting to war in the first place
What is Jus ad bellum?
The Abrahamic religion that is most pacifist.
What is Christianity?
One of three reasons war may be waged in Islam
What is self-defence?
The Qur'an is emphatic that Muslims must strive to eradicate this.
What is injustice?
The emphasis of Jesus as human and his history which have normalised pacifism for Christians is known as this.
What is Christology from below?
The Just War criteria that is the main reason Just War theory is no longer supported as it once was in Christianity
What is proportionality?
The main guiding principle of Islamic ethics of war
What is protection of the weak?
The entity that may declare war as a last resort in Islam
What is legitimate head of government?
The type of jihad that is striving for God
What is the lesser jihad?
The call in the New Testament that rejects Just War theory.
What is positive peacemaking?
the justice of peace agreements and the termination phase of war
What is jus post bellum?
The type of war that is acceptable but also a duty in Islamic war ethics.
What is punitive war?
The Islamic word for warfare
What is harb?
The type of jihad that is striving in God
What is the greater jihad?