The Origins of War: A Catholic Perspective

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The Origins of War Selected Titles from the Moral Traditions Series James F. Keenan, SJ, series editor American Protestant Ethics and the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr William Werpehowski Aquinas, Feminism, and the Common Good Susanne M. DeCrane Aquinas on the Emotions: A Religious-Ethical Inquiry Diana Fritz Cates Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History Charles E. Curran The Church and Secularity: Two Stories of Liberal Society Robert Gascoigne Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel Julia Fleming Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing Maura A. Ryan Family Ethics: Practices for Christians Julie Hanlon Rubio The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics David Hollenbach, SJ The Ground Beneath the Cross: The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuría Kevin F. Burke, SJ Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality Andrew M. Flescher Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis Aaron Mackler John Cuthbert Ford, SJ: Moral Theologian at the End of the Manualist Era Eric Marcelo O. Genilo, SJ Living the Truth: A Theory of Action Klaus Demmer Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian Charles E. Curran Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and the Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine Aaron Stalnaker Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism Kristin E. Heyer The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler Shaping the Moral Life: An Approach to Moral Theology Klaus Demmer Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change Lisa Sowle Cahill United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response Thomas J. Massaro, SJ The Origins of War A Catholic Perspective Matthew A. Shadle Georgetown University Press Washington, D.C. © 2011 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shadle, Matthew Allen, 1979The origins of war : a Catholic perspective / Matthew Allen Shadle. p. cm. — (Moral traditions series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58901-735-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. War—Religious aspects—Catholic Church—History. 2. Catholic Church— Doctrines—History. I. Title. BX1793.S485 2011 261.8ʹ73—dc22 2010037036 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. 15 14 13 12 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First printing Printed in the United States of America ...