Frontmatter

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