edited by Glen Stassen.


"Stassen helps to mediate between the two rival traditions of just war theory and pacifism by his politically imaginative hermeneutic. Stassen's personal involvement in the issues in both Europe and America lends vitality to his style and authenticity to his approach, as does his knowledge of the policy issues he discusses The focus on patterns of concrete and practical steps of action for peacemaking makes the manuscript a helpful resource for

nurturing churches in redemptive strategies of social action." -Alan Geyer, Professor of Political Ethics and Ecumenics, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

Glen Stassen believes Christians should direct their energies toward finding a set of criteria and a model for a "just peace" instead of "just war." He bases his just peace theory on the new reality of our world, on recent biblical interpretation, and on the experiences of people who lived in the face of oppression and nuclear threat, and who-together with political scientists, Christian ethicists, and activists-fashioned realistic steps of peacemaking. He addresses real-life issues and especially uses the Sermon on the Mount and the book of Romans as models for establishing just peace in the face of conflict.

GLEN H. STASSEN is Professor of Christian Ethics, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.