Screen LibraryWorld religions and norms of war
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
United Nations University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Tokyo, Japan New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 335 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9789280811636 (pbk.) 9280811630 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | E0 |
| CLC: |
E0-059 B911 |
| Call Number: | B911/W927 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Vesselin Popovski -- Religion and war / Vesselin Popovski -- Norms of war in cross-religious perspective / Gregory M. Reichberg, Nicholas Turner and Veselin Popovski. Over more than two millennia, the world's leading religious traditions have provided the guidance in questions of when war can be justified, and of what methods and targets are permissible in war. Linking deep historical analysis to contemporary issues, |