Ain't Gonna Study War No More: Biblical Ambiguity and the Abolition of War

By Albert Curry Winn

Book Overview

While some Biblical passages condemn violence and long for peace, others tell of the wars of God's people and picture God as commanding war. Winn examines the ambiguity that is faithful to Scripture,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664252079
• ISBN13: 9780664252076
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Ain't Gonna Study War No More

While some biblical passages condemn violence and long for peace, others tell of the wars of God's people and picture God as commanding war. This book examines the ambiguity that confronts us when we are faithful to scripture - ambiguity that contributes to the peril posed for our planet by our continuing to rely on war as a means for settling international conflicts. Readers are invited to examine the ambiguity in the life and teaching of Jesus as well as in the Hebrew scriptures. The study moves forward to the apostolic writings and then explores the great visions of peace and war in the end time. Winn explores the possibility of a scriptural basis for working toward the abolition of war and suggests an ethic "faithful to the central thrust of scripture and to the Lord of scripture." --- from book's back cover