Just War, Political Realism, and Faith

Argues that political and technological changes have demonstrated the inadequacy of both just war theory and political realism in relation to modern war, and examines how these changes have transformed the way in which war is conceived and fought.

Bernard T. Adeney (BA, Wisconsin; BD, London; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union with UC Berkeley) is Associate Professor of Social Ethics and Cross-Cultural Studies at New College Berkeley. He has a background in Asian studies, theology, Christian ethics, and international relations, is co-convenor of the American Academy of Religion Group on Religion, Peace, and War, and facilitates an ongoing colloquium between scientists from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and professors from UC Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union.