Real Peace, Real Security: The Challenges of Global Citizenship (Facets) [Paperback]

Sharon D. Welch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008 | Series: Facets

While just-war theorists hold that war is the last resort, many are now focusing on what is the first resort- what are the multiple tasks that can prevent war and resolve longstanding conflicts. Although there has been a fundamental shift in debates over military policy, these debates are not widely known, even among those within religious communities who are committed to nonviolence and peacemaking. Real Peace, Real Security is a brief introduction to these debates that is vivid, compelling, and accessible to people across the poliltical spectrum - conservatives, moderates, liberals, and pacifists. Welch invites people to enter a timely and compelling ethical and political reframing of the nature of enduring security and sustainable peace. Includes a foreword by William F. Schulz, former Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA.

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About the Author

Sharon D. Welch is the new Provost of Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago. For many years, she was Professor of Religious Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is author of After Empire (2004, 978-0-8006-2986-1) and A Feminist Ethic of Risk (2nd Ed. 2000, 978-0-8006-3185-7).

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Fortress Press (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800662792
• ISBN-13: 978-0800662790
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,423,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Sharon Welch is Provost and Professor of Religion and Society at Meadville Lombard Theological School (Unitarian Universalist).



"I think of Welch as the best kind of activist/academic and consider her a role model," said Dr. Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School. "Her recent focus on alternatives to the binary ways of thinking about morality and war/peace initiatives and her honest explorations of the amoral character of religion are truly exciting. That she refuses to romanticize religious traditions, even as she attends with utter seriousness to the possibilities for liberative and humane possibilities for global life give Welch a kind of realistic wisdom unusual for an academic."