Cross, crescent, and sword : the justification and limitation of war in Western and Islamic tradition /

A companion volume to "Just War and Jihad", this book examines the topics of the relationship between Western and Islamic religious and cultural traditions on war, peace and the conduct of statecraft. The book peruses the justification of war and irregular war and terrorism

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Other Authors: Johnson, James Turner, Kelsay, John, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Greenwood Press, 1990
Series:Contributions to the study of religion ; no. 27.
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Table of Contents:
  • Justice and resort to war : a sampling of Christian ethical thinking / Jeffrey Stout
  • The development of jihad in Islamic revelation and history / Abdulaziz A. Sachedina
  • Approaches to limits on war in Western just war discourse / Stephen E. Lammers
  • Al-Farabi's statecraft : war and the well-ordered regime / Charles E. Butterworth
  • Moral responsibility and irregular war / Courtney S. Campbell
  • Irregular warfare and terrorism in Islam : asking the right questions / Tamara Sonn
  • Ahkam al-Bughat : irregular warfare and the law of rebellion in Islam / Khaled Abou El Fadl
  • Combatancy, noncombatancy, and noncombatant immunity in just war tradition / Robert L. Phillips
  • Islam and the distinction between combatants and noncombatants / John Kelsay