James Turner and the Just War Tradition: Selected Essays - Paperback

by James Turner Johnson (Author), Eric Patterson (Editor), Gina G. Palmer (Editor)

James Turner Johnson has been publishing articles on the just war tradition for almost fifty years. He has articulated the just war position with clarity and precision, showing its historical and religious foundations as well as its prominence in contemporary international law. In this volume, selected from his many writings are twenty-five articles, presentations, and other material from his numerous publications. Readers will find published and previously unpublished works that show the breadth and depth of his thought as well as his belief that the tradition remains relevant, flexible, and viable in the twenty-first century. Among the many subjects discussed with respect to the just war tradition readers will find discussions as diverse as international law, torture, recent Roman Catholic perspectives, noncombatants, Augustine, Holy War, Islam, Thomas Aquinas, and human rights.

Author Biography

James Turner Johnson, Ph.D. (Princeton 1968), is Distinguished Professor emeritus of Religion and Associate of the Graduate Program in Political Science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he has been on the faculty since 1969.

Eric Patterson, Ph.D., is past Dean and tenured Professor at the Robertson School of Government at Regent University and a Research Fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

Gina G. Palmer, Ph.D., is faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and Fellow at the Institute for Biodefense Research. Her work focuses on leadership, ethics, technology, war, and the balance between diplomacy and defense.

Timothy J. Demy, Th.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Military Ethics U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island and Honorary Fellow, Durham University (UK), Department of Theology and Religion.