Justice and Peace

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ISBN: 9781570754616 | 1570754616
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Copyright: 5/1/2003

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Justice & Peace introduces college students and concerned Christians to the complex challenges of our current global situation and helps them understand the role of ethics in the face of dramatic changes taking place in the world in this last decade of the twentieth century. What answers does the lens of Christian social ethics reveal about global issues - violence and conflict within and among nations, human suffering caused by poverty, discrimination and exploitation, and the need for political and economic justice?
Written in an accessible style, Justice & Peace is designed as a text for undergraduates in a variety of Christian ethics courses (such as Christian Social Justice, War and Peace, Ethics and Foreign Policy, Catholic Social Teaching, Christian Social Ethics). It is also appropriate for study groups exploring issues of global justice, and will inform clergy and educated Christians of all denominations - especially Catholics.

Introduction	p. 1
Objectives and Audience	p. 1
Revisions to the First Edition	p. 4
Acknowledgments	p. 4
The Twenty-First Century: How Did We Get Here?	p. 7
Colonialism	p. 8
Commemorating Columbus	p. 8
Europe Colonizes the World	p. 9
1500-1815	p. 9
1815-1945	p. 12
The United States Emerges as a Neo-Colonial Power in the Twentieth Century	p. 15
The Industrial Revolution	p. 17
When Britain Was the World's Workshop	p. 17
Future Shock	p. 20
Trends at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century	p. 23
Great Powers and Empire	p. 23
The Cold War	p. 24
The End of the Cold War	p. 25
A Wave of Democracy Sweeping the Globe	p. 26
Globalization	p. 26
Conclusion	p. 27
Study Questions	p. 27
Poverty and Development	p. 29
The Human Face of Poverty	p. 29
The Gap between the North and the South	p. 32
Measuring Poverty and Development	p. 34
Globalization: Promise and Peril	p. 35
Overcoming Poverty	p. 38
Multi-National Corporations and Investment	p. 38
Foreign Aid	p. 43
Trade and NAFTA	p. 46
The Debt Crisis and Jubilee 2000	p. 49
Domestic Inequity and Human Development	p. 51
The Millennium Development Goals	p. 54
Poverty and the United States Economy	p. 55
Health-Care Reform	p. 56
Welfare Reform	p. 57
Poverty and Conflict	p. 59
Study Questions	p. 60
Population Explosion, Resource Depletion, and Environmental Destruction	p. 62
Values and Concepts	p. 63
Population Explosion	p. 64
Resource Depletion	p. 70
Energy: The Master Resource	p. 70
Forests and Biodiversity	p. 73
Fresh Water and Ocean Fisheries	p. 75
Land and Food Security	p. 78
Atmospheric Pollution	p. 79
Ozone Depletion	p. 79
Global Warming	p. 80
Nuclear Power	p. 83
Waste Disposal	p. 84
Environment, Conflict, and Security	p. 86
Sustainable Development?	p. 88
Study Questions	p. 90
Human Rights	p. 92
History and Context	p. 93
The United States	p. 97
The Meaning of Human Rights	p. 99
Cultural Relativism	p. 102
Discrimination against Women	p. 103
Race, Religion, Caste	p. 107
Discrimination against Homosexuals	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 112
Study Questions	p. 112
Conflict and War	p. 114
Ethno-Nationalist Conflict and Humanitarian Intervention	p. 115
When Nations Want to Become States	p. 116
Christian Ethics and the Idolatry of Nationalism	p. 119
The Global Landscape of Conflict and War	p. 121
The Middle East	p. 122
Israel/Palestine	p. 122
Iraq	p. 124
The Kurds	p. 125
Europe	p. 126
Northern Ireland	p. 126
The Balkan Peninsula	p. 128
Kosovo	p. 130
Chechnya	p. 131
Asia	p. 132
Sri lanka	p. 132
Kashmir	p. 132
Africa	p. 134
Latin America	p. 138
Is Humanitarian Intervention Justified?	p. 138
A Moral Response to Terrorism	p. 143
Just Peacemaking and Terrorism	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 146
Study Questions	p. 147
Weapons and Disarmament	p. 149
Nuclear Matters	p. 150
Lest We Forget: Unimaginable Destruction	p. 151
Nuclear Proliferation	p. 153
Arms Control	p. 156
Missile Defense	p. 158
Deterrence or Disarmament?	p. 160
Chemical and Biological Weapons	p. 163
Chemical Weapons	p. 163
Biological Weapons	p. 165
Land Mines	p. 165
Fuel to the Fire: The Trade in Conventional Arms	p. 167
The Arms Trade	p. 167
Curtailing the Arms Trade	p. 170
U.S. Military Spending	p. 170
Study Questions	p. 174
Peace and Security in the Twenty-First Century	p. 175
From Realism to Comprehensive Security	p. 176
A Principled Foreign Policy for a Just World Order	p. 178
Diplomacy	p. 179
Sustainable Development	p. 181
Democratization	p. 182
Demilitarization	p. 182
Study Questions	p. 185
Christian Faith, Jesus, and Catholic Social Teaching	p. 186
Christian Faith	p. 186
Jesus and the Spirit	p. 187
The Politics of Compassion	p. 187
An Inclusive Early Church	p. 189
Jesus' Third Way	p. 190
Catholic Social Teaching	p. 194
Study Questions	p. 204
Christian Citizenship and Resources for Involvement	p. 205
Resources for Involvement and Information	p. 212
Organizations	p. 212
Economic Justice	p. 213
Environment/Ecology	p. 214
Human Rights	p. 215
Peace and Disarmament	p. 216
Catholic Social Teaching	p. 216
Projects	p. 217
For Further Information and Study	p. 217
Periodicals and Journals	p. 218
Books	p. 218
Web Sites	p. 220
Study Questions	p. 221
Notes	p. 223
Index	p. 267
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