Acting on Belief

Christian Perspectives on Suffering and Violence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12159751
AutoresCecelia Lynch (University of California, Irvine, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen14
Páginas83-97
Fecha de publicación2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics & International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0892-6794 • E-ISSN: 1747-7093
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-7093.2000.tb00055.x
OpenAlexW1972041428
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas9

What type of ethics should guide our behavior in contemporary conflicts? Religious groups working in many parts of the world are deeply involved in providing practical and theological answers to that question. This article examines two types of Judeo-Christian perspectives that stress the imperative to act to relieve suffering and transcend violence: liberation theology and the “religious humanitarian perspective.” Both perspectives draw linkages between ethical guidelines and action, and both have influenced broader political debates. The essay poses the following questions: What are the ethical bases of action for contemporary activists and theologians in these traditions, and have these changed with political circumstances?; and Are there ethical and practical connections between contemporary religious humanitarianism and liberation theology, and can they provide us with a coherent ethic of action to relieve suffering and reduce violence in the world? These questions are analyzed in light of current theological conceptions of evil, religious pluralism, and the uneasy boundaries between violence and nonviolence

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