The Warrior and the Pacifist

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The Warrior and the Pacifist is written by Lester R. Kurtz and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0429999372 (ISBN 10) and 9780429999376 (ISBN 13).

This book looks at two contradictory ethical motifs—the warrior and the pacifist—across four major faith traditions—Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and their role in shaping our understanding of violence and the morality of its use. The Warrior and the Pacifist explores how these faith traditions, which now mutually inhabit our life spaces, bring with them across the millennia the moral teachings that have traveled from prehistoric humanity, embedded in the beliefs, rituals, and institutions socially constructed by humans to deal with ultimate concerns, core aspects of daily personal and social life, and life transitions.