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Theology for International Law
Author(s): Esther D. Reed (Author)
- Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 29 Aug. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0567621502
- ISBN-13: 9780567621504
Book Description
Whilst Christian theology is familiar with questions about the relation of church and state, divine and human law, little attention has been devoted to questions of international law.Esther Reed offers a systematic engagement with contemporary issues of international law and its relevance for modern theology. Reed discusses numerous issue driven topics,including: challenges to classic just-war thinking from so-called fourth generation warfare, peoples and nationhood within divine providence, the ethics of territorial borders and the militarization of human intervention. By discussing selected biblical texts Reed helps to move the issues of international law higher up the agenda of Christian theology, ethics and moral reasoning.
Editorial Reviews
Review
I heartily endorse this elegant, informative, and authoritative Christian theological account of international law. —David P. Gushee, Mercer University, USA
Esther D. Reed’s
Theology for International Law spans the gap between the fundamental principles that make international law morally compelling and the contemporary issues that make it politically important. In the search for starting points for global ethics, international law is a neglected resource. It matters not only to legal specialists, but to business leaders, activists, and ordinary citizens. Esther D. Reed helps us to understand how law that works between nations begins and why it makes a difference for the future. —Robin W. Lovin, Center of Theological Inquiry, NJ , USAScholars are rediscovering natural law in their search to answer the critics of international law. Esther D. Reed’s book is a timely and invaluable contribution to this endeavor. She is the rare scholar who deeply understands both natural law and international law and the promise of both in supporting humanity’s striving for peace and the common good. —
Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame, USAAbout the Author
Esther D. Reed is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is author of The Genesis of Ethics: On the Authority of God as the Origin of Christian Ethics (DLT), and is a former Editor of Studies in Christian Ethics (Sage).
