Just Policing, Not War

by Schlabach, Gerald W.

• ISBN13: 9780814652213
• ISBN10: 0814652212
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: Michael Glazier

Summary

For decades, the Catholic Church and historical peace churches such as the Mennonites have come together in ecumenical discussions about war and peace. The dividing point has always been between pacifism, the view held by Mennonites and other peace churches, and the just war theory that dominates Catholic thinking on the issue. Given the transformation of global relations over this period--increased interdependency and communication as well as the fall of the Soviet Union, emerging nationalism movements, and the slow development of international courts--the time is right to rethink the Christian response to war. Gerald Schlabach has proposed just policing theory as a way to narrow the gap between just war and pacifist traditions. If the world can address problems of violence through a police model instead of a conventional military model, there may be a role for Christians from all traditions. In this volume, Schlabach presents his theory and has invited a number of scholars representing Catholic, Mennonite, and other traditions to respond to the theory and address a number of key questions. This important volume offers a fresh and meaningful discussion to help Christians of all traditions navigate the difficult questions of how to live in these times of violence and war.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Just Policing and the Reevaluation of War in a Less Divided Church	p. 3
Things that Make for Peace: Reconsiderations
If War is Wrong, What is Right? The New Paradigm	p. 25
War on Terrorism? A Realistic Look at Alternatives	p. 45
Just Policing: The Proposal
Warfare vs. Policing: In Search of Moral Clarity	p. 69
Practicing for Just Policing	p. 93
And Just Policing: Elaborations
Whose Justice? Which Relationality?	p. 111
Community Policing as a Paradigm for International Relations	p. 130
Just Policing and International Order: Is it Possible?	p. 153
Conclusions: The Nearing Horizon
The Doables: Just Policing on the Ground	p. 175
The Wider Horizon: Peacemaking, the Use of Force, and the Communion of Charisms	p. 192
Bibliography	p. 215
Biographical Sketch of Contributors	p. 232
Index	p. 235
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