Ronald H. Stone Additional Author mixed material bibliography Nashville Abingdon Press 1988 monographic 0-687-07572-6 en English

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Ronald H. Stone Christian REALISM &PEACE-MAKING ISSUES IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY RONALD H. STONE In Christian Realism and Peacemaking, Ronald H. Stone demonstrates that Christian peacemaking efforts must be tinged with a healthy dose of realism-a la Reinhold Niebuhr-or they will degenerate into ineffectual sentimentalism. Clarifying the peacemaking tendencies of Christian realism, and how these tendencies might positively influence U.S. foreign policy, Stone focuses on: The ethics of peacemaking Human rights The just-war tradition (including a discussion of the Methodist bishops 1986 statement) Revolution in Central America Relations with Gorbachev's Soviet Union Christian Realism and Peacemaking concludes with a state ment about the essential elements in any relevant church policy of peacemaking. RONALD H. STONE is professor of social ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophet to Politicians, published by Abingdon Press. 261.709730687075726 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 261.70973 Sto c E93014818 Non Fiction 261.70973 Sto c Christian_realism_%26%2338%3B_peace_making.jpg 64542 2014-12-17 10:19:06 2026-02-14 08:29:01 machine generated