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III. Talking about War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2018

Laurie Johnston
Laurie Johnston*
Affiliation:
Emmanuel College
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Pope Francis titled his recent World Day of Peace message “Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace.” The use of the word “style” is unusual but important. It reveals the significance of the way we talk about the questions of violence and peace—our rhetoric, in other words. It has been suggested that talking about “just war theory” can, in fact, obstruct the development and use of nonviolent techniques for the resolution of conflict. My contribution to this roundtable will examine the extent to which that is the case.

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Theological Roundtable
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Horizons , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , June 2018 , pp. 119 - 123
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Copyright © College Theology Society 2018 

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51 Barth, Karl, Against the Stream: Shorter Post-War Writings, 1946–52 (New York: Philosophical Library, 1954), 41Google Scholar.

52 A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, directed by Steve York ([United States:] York Zimmerman, 2000). DVD.

53 Greg Myre, “How the U.S. Military Used Guns N' Roses to Make A Dictator Give Up,” NPR, May 30, 2017.

54 Joel Gunter, “Isis Mocked with Rubber Ducks as Internet Fights Terror with Humour.” The Guardian, November 28, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/28/isis-fighters-rubber-ducks-reddit-4chan.

55 Adam Taylor, “The Islamic State Threatens to Come to Rome; Italians Respond with Travel Advice,” Washington Post, February 20, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/20/the-islamic-state-threatens-to-come-to-rome-italians-respond-with-travel-advice/?utm_term=.05a1ce872256.

56 Andrea Bartoli, interview by author via Skype, May 20, 2008.

57 Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, “Witnessing to a Consistent Ethic of Solidarity,” Commonweal, June 2, 2017, https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/cardinal-blase-cupich-signs-times.