This book seeks to elucidate whether there are particular Christian perspectives on the role that Great Britain should play in the world today. It investigates the role that the Church of England has played in contemporary foreign policy issues: including the use of force - intervention, counter-terrorism and arms sales - and overseas trade, aid and debt forgiveness. The book brings together senior individuals from within the Church, academia and non-governmental organizations to investigate these various ethical dilemmas.
This book seeks to elucidate whether there are particular Christian perspectives on the role that Great Britain should play in the world today. It investigates the role that the Church of England has played in contemporary foreign policy issues: including the use of force - intervention, counter-terrorism and arms sales - and overseas trade, aid and debt forgiveness. The book brings together senior individuals from within the Church, academia and non-governmental organizations to investigate these various ethical dilemmas.
Revd Timothy Blewett is Director of Launde Abbey, UK. Adrian Hyde-Price is Professor of International Relations in the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, University of Bath, UK. Wyn Rees is Professor of International Security in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Part 1 The Ethical Context: Introduction Tim Blewett; Christian ethics and the dilemmas of foreign policy Adrian Hyde-Price. Part 2 The Military Instrument: The continuing crucial relevance of just war criteria Richard Harries; Balance of consequences: towards an ethical standpoint on the Iraq intervention of 2003 Richard Bonney; 3 parables about war Charles Jones; British military intervention since 1990 Tim Cross; The Church and the war on terror Richard Lock-Pullan; UK arms sales and the Church of England Wyn Rees. Part 3 Britain and the Less Developed World: Waiting for jubilee: the campaign for debt cancellation Timothy Jones; The challenge of aid Fletcher Tembo; Index.
Contents: Part 1 The Ethical Context: Introduction Tim Blewett; Christian ethics and the dilemmas of foreign policy Adrian Hyde-Price. Part 2 The Military Instrument: The continuing crucial relevance of just war criteria Richard Harries; Balance of consequences: towards an ethical standpoint on the Iraq intervention of 2003 Richard Bonney; 3 parables about war Charles Jones; British military intervention since 1990 Tim Cross; The Church and the war on terror Richard Lock-Pullan; UK arms sales and the Church of England Wyn Rees. Part 3 Britain and the Less Developed World: Waiting for jubilee: the campaign for debt cancellation Timothy Jones; The challenge of aid Fletcher Tembo; Index.
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