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“Justice and Peace Will Kiss” (Psalm 85:11): Christian Peace Ethics — Delusional in a Multipolar World?

  • Torsten Meireis
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The War between Russia and Ukraine
This chapter is in the book The War between Russia and Ukraine
© 2025 the author(s), published by De Gruyter

© 2025 the author(s), published by De Gruyter

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Intercontinental Voices on the War between Ukraine and Russia: An Introduction 1
  4. Part I: European Takes on the Geopolitical Situation
  5. No Ought without an Is: Prospects for Peace in the Russian-Ukrainian War from a Peace and Conflict Research Perspective 11
  6. Jus Post Bellum and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Ethical and Practical Challenges 33
  7. Part II: Ethical Perspectives from a German Context
  8. Just Peace and Revisionist Just War Approaches: Striking a Balance between Contingent Pacifist Conceptions 55
  9. Protestant Peace Ethics under Scrutiny: Does the War in Ukraine Refute the Doctrine of Just Peace? 75
  10. Non-violence and the Legitimate Use of Force: A Critical Appreciation of Recent Developments in the Peace Ethics of the Catholic Church in Germany 91
  11. Part III: Insights from a South African Perspective
  12. “What Have You to Do with Peace?” (2 Kings 9:17–22): Complexities of War and Peace in the Russian-Ukrainian War and South Africa’s Position 109
  13. South Africa’s Non-alignment Conundrum amidst the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict 123
  14. Part IV: Brazilian Views
  15. Ecumenical Lessons from the War against Ukraine: Passionate Protest and Loving Patience 135
  16. “Love Your Enemies” (Matthew 5:44): Does Peace Ethics Make Sense, Even in Times of War? 155
  17. Part V: Peace Ethical Perspectives
  18. Resistance, Otherwise: Considerations on Nonviolence in the Context of the Russian War on Ukraine 175
  19. Waging Peace and the Pragmatics of Force: On Being Christian in a Time of War 193
  20. Memory Structures and the Choices in War and Peace: South African and European Stances in the Ukrainian War 211
  21. Between Justice and Law: The Concept of Jus within the Doctrine of Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello and Jus post Bellum 229
  22. “Justice and Peace Will Kiss” (Psalm 85:11): Christian Peace Ethics — Delusional in a Multipolar World? 247
  23. Conditions for Peace: Lessons from an Intercontinental Interdisciplinary Peace Ethical Conversation 271
  24. List of Contributors
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