tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post116435347049962548..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Hauerwas on just war and pacificismbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164672102133679212006-11-28T00:01:00.000+00:002006-11-28T00:01:00.000+00:00Michael - of course, now I'll have to get the book...Michael - of course, now I'll have to get the book to discover the four bonus practices...byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164583315738647362006-11-26T23:21:00.000+00:002006-11-26T23:21:00.000+00:00Thanks Byron, and Michael, for yet more helpful th...Thanks Byron, and Michael, for yet more helpful thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164568721529240412006-11-26T19:18:00.000+00:002006-11-26T19:18:00.000+00:00That's abbreviated, Byron, from his 12 practices i...That's abbreviated, Byron, from his 12 practices in his books. I have been irregularly blogging on each practice. When finished, I'll create a link to the whole series. Since I was his student assistant during the writing of his first book on the topic and have co-written some of his later work (and had the satisfaction of seeing Glen move to a full affirmation of nonviolence in 2000--where the Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164498097398165062006-11-25T23:41:00.000+00:002006-11-25T23:41:00.000+00:00Michael - your point is crucial. Peace-making is t...Michael - your point is crucial. Peace-<I>making</I> is the goal of all sides of this discussion. This can only be through working for whatever measure of justice is presently possible. I read a great article on this by Glen Stassen called 'Jesus and Just Peacemaking Theory' in <I>Must Christianity be Violent?</I> (2003). He suggests eight strategies for just peacemaking.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164479135898672192006-11-25T18:25:00.000+00:002006-11-25T18:25:00.000+00:00I have tried as an ex-soldier turned conscientious...I have tried as an ex-soldier turned conscientious objector from a military family to follow the example set by Yoder (which Hauerwas echoes) of always engaging Just War thinkers with respect. If Christians actually lived by JWT there would be very few wars that measured up.<BR/><BR/>I also promote the growing ethic of "Just Peacemaking." The Bible's emphasis is not on refusing to fight (Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164362677266487292006-11-24T10:04:00.000+00:002006-11-24T10:04:00.000+00:00Great quote. This reminded me of a very humorous o...Great quote. This reminded me of a very humorous observation that Karl Barth makes in <I>The Christian Life: Church Dogmatics IV,4 Lecture Fragments</I> (Eerdmans 1981):<BR/><BR/>"We believe in peace, perhaps even world peace, and preach it, and yet do not Christian fighters for peace of all schools compete with non-Christians for the honour of being the most difficult of all God's creatures?" (pBen Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1164359745305784382006-11-24T09:15:00.000+00:002006-11-24T09:15:00.000+00:00I was once a member of a Church which boasted a co...I was once a member of a Church which boasted a contientous objector who served in the Medical Corps during WWII and an 8th Army "Desert Rat" who fought in the battle of El Alamein. These two brothers had very different perpectives on pacifism and war, but they shared a mutual respect and love for the Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com