The Pacifist Option: The Moral Argument Against War in Eastern Orthodox Theology

by Alexander F.C. Webster

Book Overview

In this path-breaking study, Fr. Alexander Webster convincingly demonstrates that a distinctive pacifist trajectory, characterized by the moral virtues of non-violence, nonresistance, voluntary kenotic suffering, and universal forgiveness, has endured through two millennia of Eastern Orthodox history in unbroken continuity with the ancient Church.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B004S1XQG2
• ISBN13: 9781573092432
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: International Scholars Publications
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"