In:
Studies in Christian Ethics, SAGE Publications, Vol. 31, No. 2 ( 2018-05), p. 229-238
Abstract:
The relation between peace-oriented politics and theology will be discussed from a philosophical point of view by approaching the problem in five steps. In a first step, I will focus on logic as one of the most powerful and simultaneously misleading forces in our thinking. Utilising the results of this step will, secondly, enable a clarification of the misunderstanding implied in an idea such as eternal peace. Thirdly, the article will unveil the paradoxical character of violence inherent in the notion of political power as well as the antinomy of war and peace. This will open the space for accepting second-best solutions. In so doing at least some of the problems implied in any philosophical contribution to a political theology of pacifism may be solved.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0953-9468
,
1745-5235
DOI:
10.1177/0953946817749900
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2118000-3
SSG:
1
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