Just Peacemaking (Paperback)

by Glen Stassen (Author) "At 2:00 A.M. Friday, November 10, 1989, Siegfried Rosemann answered the telephone..." (more)
Key Phrases: peacemaking theory, transforming initiatives, peacemaking groups, United States, Soviet Union, East Germany (more...)

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Product Description
"Stassen helps to mediate between the two rival traditions of just war theory and pacifism by his politically imaginative hermeneutic". -Alan Geyer Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corpor; 1st edition (March 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664252982
• ISBN-13: 978-0664252984
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #557,940 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for every President, June 27, 2002

By	Matt Cromwell (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This should be on the coffee table, magazine rack, bookshelf, and waiting room of every serious national leader. Conscientious voters should also read this in order to understand what it takes to make political peace in the world. But Stassen is not merely political, he's actually biblical first of all. He exegetes like a biblical scholar while making applications which only a leading Christian ethicist like he could. Just peacemaking shows that "just war theory" can lead to peace while restraining war, and that passifism is an extremely ACTIVE practice. EXCELLENT!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great practicle application of the Sermon of the Mount., April 17, 1998

By A Customer

Stasson does an incredible job in his ability to interpret and apply the teaching of Jesus to every day life. While often the sermon on the mount is ignored in Christian teaching and literature because so many people find it hard to understand or live up to, Stasson shows how Jesus teachings don't trap people, but rather set them free to break away from the patterns of sin and pain.

5.0 out of 5 stars Peacemaking with purpose and effectiveness, June 15, 2009

By	Linda Sutton (Kansas City) - See all my reviews

I originally encountered this book while writing a paper for a Seminary class. It served as my first contact with Glen Stassen's work, and it changed my views on peacemaking forever. This book will lead you to positive actions for peacemaking, a wonderful alternative to the more passive approaches to peace that are often proposed in our world. Every library should have a copy, along with other offerings by Glen Stassen. Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!