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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573092444
• ISBN13: 9781573092449
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"