Just revolution : a Christian ethic of political resistance and social transformation / Anna Floerke Scheid.

Just revolution : a Christian ethic of political resistance and social transformation /

'Just Revolution' focuses on oppressed peoples as agents of social transformation in their own political contexts. Using the South African struggle against apartheid as a case study, it posits a theory of just revolution that rests upon nonviolent, just peacemaking practices and social rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheid, Anna Floerke, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015.
Subjects:
Revolutions > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Government, Resistance to > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Just war doctrine.
Christianity and politics.
Apartheid > South Africa.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Historical context for a case study: oppression in South Africa
  • Theological roots of the just war tradition and just peacemaking theory
  • Just peacemaking practices for resisting oppression
  • The just war tradition and revolution
  • Restorative justice for the common good
  • Just revolution and the Arab Spring.

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