Sunday, December 11, 2005

YOU DUPED ME LORD: Shameless Self-Promotion: Just War, Lasting Peace

Mark Mossa (of the You Duped Me Lord blog) is co-author of a book due for release next spring, called Just War, Lasting Peace. Mark and I tend to see the world differently, especially concerning the war in Iraq, but he treats me with respect when we face off in one comment section or another, and I'm happy to return the favor.

I'm hoping this book will help clear up some of the fuzziness and confusion about "just war" theories. For that matter, that it is up front about "just war" meaning different things to different people is a big step toward getting more reasonable, intelligent, and useful discussions going, as far as I'm concerned.

From a promo piece Mark quotes in his post:

While there is extensive debate over “the” just-war tradition, the forthcoming book examines three traditions or schools: that of strict non-violence or pacifism, the contemporary just-war perspective (which closely reflects developments in official Catholic teaching), and the classical just-war school. Noted proponents of the latter school have recently endorsed the idea of preventive warfare.

“We are aiming toward a broad audience, from college students and parishes to Sunday schools and justice-and-peace groups,” said senior fellow Dolores R. Leckey, the volume’s general editor. She collaborated with three coauthors: the Jesuit Conference’s John Kleiderer, Mark Mossa, S.J., and writer Paula Minaert.

Mark's post here.

2 comments:

Mark Mossa, SJ said...

Hey, thanks for the plug!

I'll be glad when the book finally comes out! At this point it's about two years in the making!

Hope you're doing well.

Peace,

Mark

P.S. While you're reading about "murderous peaceniks," don't forget that John Paul II was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the victories of nonviolence! :)

Kathryn Judson said...

Mark,

Hey, you're welcome!

I'm going to have to study up on John Paul II, I guess. I think of him (in part!) as part of the winning combination of Reagan, Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and their allies, who faced communism, called it evil, and cut it down to size.