Preface | |
America the Violent | |
Introduction to Part I | p. 5 |
Nation Under Siege | p. 7 |
The Media's Packaged Violence | p. 20 |
Profiling Violent Predators | p. 27 |
What If He's a Rapist? | p. 33 |
Can We Count on Protection? | p. 45 |
Self-Defense: Understanding the Law | p. 63 |
How Shall She Defend Herself? | p. 77 |
Moral and Religious Grounds for Lethal Self-Defense | |
Introduction to Part II | p. 95 |
Conscience: Consent by Conviction | p. 97 |
Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except... | p. 107 |
Non-Violence: New Testament Absolute? | p. 120 |
Mandate for Doing What Is Just | p. 133 |
Dual Mandate for Just-Love | p. 149 |
Traditional Religious Pacifism | p. 160 |
Contemporary Pacifist Approaches | p. 175 |
Protestant-Catholic Selectivism | p. 187 |
Ethics Postscript | p. 195 |
It's Your Option to Choose! | p. 204 |
Social Policy Issues | |
Contending Agendas | p. 211 |
Promise for the Future | p. 232 |
Name Index | p. 245 |
Subject Index | p. 251 |
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