Blessed Are the Pacifists: The Beatitudes And Just War Theory

by Thomas Trzyna

Thomas Trzyna takes a fresh look at pacifism as a way of life and a practical method of conflict resolution grounded in the Scripture, particularly the Beatitudes. Based on a study of just war theory and contemporary world events, Trzyna views pacifism as a way of life, its success measured not in years, but generations. Paperback, 140 pages.

135 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2006

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book, but it was simply too disorganized and incomplete. He tosses out important ideas and makes some meaningful suggestions, but before he develops any of them he jumps to the next one, with the reader left uncertain as to when he’ll circle back. (Which, invariably, he does, only to leave again before the idea is even half-developed.) I feel the book is better as a springboard for ideas that others can consider and develop more fully than as a useful text on its own.

[Janet Jonas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whew. More later.