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.
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Stone argues that religion must be understood in its connections with world politics for the successful conduct of foreign policy. Without peace among religions, there can be no peace, and without understanding the role of religion in politics, there can be neither peace nor successful foreign policy.
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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
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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.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780739127377
Publisert
2008-05-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
243 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
130

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Biographical note

Ronald H. Stone is coeditor of Resistance and Theological Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004).