It's a Sin to Build a Nuclear Weapon

by Mcsorley, Richard T.; Dear, John

• ISBN13: 9781608990580
• ISBN10: 1608990583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

The Reverend Richard Mcsorley, SJ. (1914-2002), was Professor of Peace Studies at Georgetown University and writer of eight books on pacifism and social justice As a Jesuit priest ordained in 1946, be completed his studies for has PhD at Ottawa University. In 1970, he co-founded St. Francis Catholic Worker In Washington, DC He served as a board member of the National Interreligious Board for Conscientious Objectors for 15 years and was a National Council member of Pax Christi, .U.S.A from 1983 to 1989. He has written five other books and is a nationally recognized newspaper columnist. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Gospel Peacemaking
Does the New Testament Approve of War? (1982)	p. 3
Shall I Take Life? (1982)	p. 17
Peacemaking as an Act of Faith (1982)	p. 21
Serving God and the Bomb (1982)	p. 24
The Desire for Possessions Is Insatiable (1980)	p. 27
Seeing Christ in All (1983)	p. 31
Gospel Peacemaking and Evil (1983)	p. 34
The Problem of Evil (1982)	p. 38
Obey God Rather Than Humans (1983)	p. 41
Religious Life: A Lifelong Commitment of Love (1983)	p. 43
Kill to Deter Killing? (1982)	p. 46
The Violence That Is War
The Just/Unjust-War Theory (1970)	p. 51
War Is Stupid and Immoral (1982)	p. 69
Did They Die in Vain? (1983)	p. 72
Was the Grenada Invasion Moral? (1983)	p. 76
Tears in the Seamless Garment (1989)	p. 85
Is Deterrence Moral? (1986)	p. 88
Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Madness
It's a Sin to Build a Nuclear Weapon (1976)	p. 93
When Nuclear War Strikes (1983)	p. 98
The Auschwitz of Puget Sound (1982)	p. 103
Nuclear Patriotism (1985)	p. 106
The Sin of Hiroshima (1988)	p. 109
Is There Something I Am Doing That Supports Nuclear War? (1981)	p. 115
Should We Abandon Deterrence? (1983)	p. 118
Nuclear Crime and Punishment (1983)	p. 121
Conscience, Civil Responsibility, Resistance
The Draft (1982)	p. 127
Signing Your Life Away (1985)	p. 137
Only Doing My Job (1987)	p. 145
Responsible Citizenship and Nuclear Registration (1982)	p. 148
Changing Soldiers into Objectors (1987)	p. 151
Inside the Bars: Peace and Harmony (1983)	p. 153
Military Peacemakers? (1982)	p. 158
ROTC Militarizes Students (1981)	p. 162
The University as Policeman (1982)	p. 168
Tell It to the Russians (1982)	p. 171
The Process of Peace
(From Kill? For Peace? 1982)
Promoting Peace	p. 177
The War Process; The Peace Process	p. 182
Action for Peace	p. 188
Peacemakers
A Sad Day in Atlanta: The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968)	p. 215
The Berrigans Teach Truth (1980)	p. 223
A Farewell to Dorothy Day (1980)	p. 227
How a Mother Teaches Peace (1984)	p. 231
The Poor, the Brave and the Archbishop Who Believed (1981)	p. 235
Four Bishops Stand up against Nuclear War (1982)	p. 238
Peacemaking As a Vocation	p. 243
Horace McKenna: Servant of the Poor (1982)	p. 245
The Future of the Peace Movement(1983)	p. 248
The Rosary Can Be Disarming (1988)	p. 252
Peace Message at Medjugorje (1988)	p. 257
Answers to Arguments Against Pacifism
(From Kill? For Peace? 1982 and New Testament Basis for Peacemaking, 1985)
Argument: The Lesser Evil	p. 263
Argument: People Are Sinful	p. 269
Argument: Personal, Not Group Morality	p. 271
Argument: Self-Defense	p. 273
Argument: Protecting Your Loved Ones	p. 277
Argument: What About the Russians?	p. 281
Argument: Pacifism Is Not Practical	p. 284
Argument: What Alternative Is There?	p. 286
Argument: Unilateral Disarmament	p. 289
Argument: Saint Thomas Aquinas	p. 292
Argument: Obedience to Authority	p. 296
Argument: Spiritual Values Need Defense	p. 298
Argument: Vatican Council II Allows for a War of Self-Defense	p. 301
Argument: Conscientious Objectors Are Cowards	p. 304
Argument: Deterrence Works	p. 306
Argument: We Are Not All Children of God	p. 310
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