Tradition and the just war -- Early Christian attitudes toward soldiering and war -- Origins of the just war tradition: Augustine -- Just war in the Middle Ages -- Martin Luther and the tradition -- Calvin and other reformers -- Just war thinking in the early-modern period -- John Locke -- Immanuel Kant: beyond just war? -- Contemporary just war thinkers -- Why have our churches lost the tradition: two temptations: Christian realism, Christian pacifism.
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