Over the weekend some questions came up here about just-war theory and its basis. I thought it might be helpful to highlight a new work: War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective, by J. Daryl Charles and Timothy J. Demy.
They ask and answer 104 questions on the just-war tradition from a Christian perspective, divided into the following sections:
1. Just-War Tradition and the Philosopher
2. Just-War Tradition and the Historian
3. Just-War Tradition and the Statesman
4. Just-War Tradition and the Theologian
5. Just-War Tradition and the Combatant
6. Just-War Tradition and the Individual
As with all Crossway books, you can skim the whole thing online for free.
You can also download a free PDF containing Question 1 (“What is the role of natural-law thinking in just-war moral reasoning?”) and Question 37 (“What are the core criteria for going to war according to just-war moral reasoning?”)
