I. The pagan conscience. Moral effects of war ; War for the sake of peace / Plato
The just war ; Natural law and just war / Cicero
II. Conflict of loyalties. Nonviolence / Athenagoras
Christians and government ; Christians and military service / Tertullian
On government and service / Origen
The natural law of love / Lactantius
To the Emperor Theodosius / Ambrose
To Count Boniface ; Act, agent, and authority ; the human dilemma ; Peace and natural law / Augustine
III. Christians and infidels. A holy war / Bernard of Claivaux
Various kinds of law ; Hostillty and peace ; Laws of war ; Violence and moral intention ; Rebellion / Thomas Aquinas
The law of war ; The rights of the Indians / Franciscus de Vittoria
IV. Church and state. The soldier and his conscience / Martin Luther
Civil authority and the use of force / John Calvin
War and the Christian Prince / Erasmus
Two kingdoms / Menno Simons
V. Human rights and international law. The law of nations ; On war / Francisco Suarez
Natural laws and the laws of war / Hugo Grotius
On civil government / John Locke
VI. Idealism and realism. Towards perpetual peace / Immanuel Kant
War and national destiny / G.W.F Hegel
Pacifism and the gospel / Lyman Abbott
Why the Christian Church is not pacifist / Reinhold Niebuhr
VII. Nuclear deterrence and terrorism. Is pacifism the only option left for Christians? / Robert Drinan
The just war and nuclear deterrence / Paul Ramsey
The convergence of pacificism and just war / Duane K. Friesen
Moral clarity in a time of war / George Weigel
War and statecraft / Rowan Williams.
