Series Theology and Peace

Vol. 38
Stephanie van de Loo
Versöhnungsarbeit: Kriterien - theologischer Rahmen - Praxisperspektiven.
Stuttgart 2009. 418 pp.
EUR 39,00
ISBN 978-3-17-020717-2
The process of reconciliation between victim and perpetrator can be positively influenced by the reconciliation work of a third party. The author describes an approach to the reconciliation work of third parties, but also shows its limits. The criteria and necessary elements of reconciliation are developed in an interdisciplinary discussion. Mediation as the specific way of dealing with conflict serves as the dialogue partner for the interpersonal area. Reconciliaiton initiatives in Bosnia-Herzegovina are used for the social level. Throughout, van de Loo pursues the question of which consequences a Christian view of the definition of reconciliation - which can also be used purely secularly - has for its content and for the relationship to non-religiously motivated reconciliation work

Vol. 37
Thomas R. Elssner
Josua und seine Kriege in jüdischer und christlicher Rezeptionsgeschichte.
Stuttgart 2008. 336 pp.
EUR 39,00
ISBN 978-3-17-020520-8
There is agreement in Old Testament research today the land possession and sanctification of genocide described in the Book of Joshua (I, 1-12) is a theological construct. This was not recognised in earlier centuries. Elssner discusses the question of how Jewish and Christian theologians have reacted to Joshua's battles and the killing of the previous inhabitants of the Promised Land which was ordered. Therefore texts by Origen, Augustine and Maimonides and also Hugo Grotius, as well as the writings of Jesus Sirach and early Christian writers have been examined to find out how, when looking at the Book of Joshua, the prickly topic of  the sanctification of genocide has been interpreted.

Vol. 36
Dieter Baumann
Militärethik: theologische, menschenrechtliche und militärwissenschaftliche Perspektiven.
Stuttgart 2007. 620 pp.
EUR 48,00
ISBN 978-3-17-020157-6
Military ethics assumes a basic human capacity for violence and attempts to define when threatening or using violence according to the rule of law can prevent or end illegal violence. Which legitimate reasons are there which give a person the right, in his function as a soldier, to threaten and use military force or, in the final consequence, to kill? How should a soldier act and behave today?
The aim of this work is to provide an ethical contribution to a responsible way of dealing with power and means of violence, primarily by armies and soldiers, from a theological, Christian point of view, taking human rights and military science into account.


Vol. 35
Markus Kremer
Den Frieden verantworten:
Politische Ethik bei Francisco Suárez (1548-1617).
Stuttgart 2008. 291 pp.
EUR 38,00
ISBN 978-3-17-020165-1
Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) stands on the threshold between medieval Scholasticism and modern legal philosophy. This makes it possible to see in him a theologian who, while maintaining what has been tried and tested, anticipates important achievements of modern thought, without giving up the Christian perspective (in contrast to the Enlightenment). His synthesis between the ethics of law and virtue becomes most clear in the idea of peace, towards which the demands for justice and the love of God (caritas) are directed, even where political practice appears obviously to contradict that goal: in war. Kremer uses the example of the inter-state power struggle to show how Suárez develops his theory of political action from the perspective of salvation based on the concept of just peace.


Vol. 34
Volker Stümke
Das Friedensverständnis Martin Luthers:
Grundlagen und Anwendungsbereiche seiner politischen Ethik.
Stuttgart 2007. 533 pp.
EUR 49,00
ISBN 978-3-17-019970-5
Stümke asks about impulses which emanate from Martin Luther's concept of peace which could be relevant to peace research today. To achieve this, he first attempts to systematically reconstruct Luther's ethics by referring above all to the essay
"Ob Kriegsleute auch in seligem Stande sein können" (Can soldiers also be in a state of grace) (1526). Luther's anthropology and justification teachings are analysed in detail. The second main section is dedicated to the political areas of application, concentrating on current themes with a military frame of reference. After answering the question of whether a Christian can be a soldier at all, the perspective is directed towards emergency aid, war and peace.


Vol. 33
Tania Wettach-Zeitz
Ethnopolitische Konflikte und interreligiöser Dialog: die Effektivität interreligiöser Konfliktmediationsprojekte analysiert am Beispiel der World Conference on Religion and Peace
Stuttgart 2008. 284 pp.
EUR 34,00
ISBN 978-3-17-019969-9
In the dialogue between the religions many see a potential for promoting peace. But does inter-religious dialogue fulfil what it promises to achieve? Does it really channel the ambivalent potential of religions as destroyers or builders of peace in a positive sense? Wettach-Zeitz examines the effectiveness of inter-religious conflict mediation projects and analyses the role of the traditional religious communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Islam, Judaism, Serbian Orthodoxy and Catholicism - in the process of reconciliation, both theoretically and empirically. The research results make clear the importance, particularly of religious actors who are be taken seriously as political powers in ethno-political conflicts.


Vol. 32
Markus Riedenauer
Pluraliät und Rationalität: die Herausforderung der Vernunft durch religiöse und kulturelle Vielfalt nach Nikolaus Cusanus.
Stuttgart 2007. 562 pp.
EUR 49,00
ISBN 978-3-17-019797-8
The plurality of different philosophies contains the potential for violence. It gives rise not only to a problem of peace ethics but also to one reason, in as far as competing claims to the truth are mutually relative.
In the 15th century Nikolaus Cusanus addresses this problem and suggests an inter-religious concordance through dialogue. In his model, several levels of discussion and various dimensions of the phenomenon "religion" are differentiated. It is therefore fruitful for the present discourse on religiosity, plurality and rationality.


Vol. 31
Markus Kremer, Hans-Richard Reuter
Macht und Moral - Politisches Denken im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.
Stuttgart 2007. 365 pp.
EUR 39,00
ISBN 978-3-17-019695-7
After universal claims to truth had become obsolete in the course of the Reformation, political thought in the 17th century was faced with the challenge of counteracting the threatening break-up of the unity of Europe. With hindsight, those ideas, which were most readily adaptable to the demands of history, can be seen to have been the most effective. However, the relationship between power and morality is not functional, but rather critical. The interrelationship between political practice and philosophical reflection led, therefore, to a multitude of different ideas in which the broad spectrum of the political thought of the day manifests itself.


Vol. 30
Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven
Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit: ethische Norm und Rechtswirklichkeit.
Stuttgart 2006. 302 pp.
EUR 29,80
ISBN 3-17-019529-8
It is not only since foundation of the League of Nations and the United Nations that replacing "right of the more powerful" by "the power of right" has been called for. Since the development of the modern system of states the rule of right between states and the establishment of international arbitration have been thought about. This is stated in Catholic peace teachings from Leo XIII to John Paul II, as this investigation shows. International law has continued to develop from the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague to the International Court of Justice. Justenhoven deals with this progress in justice and analyses the present deficits in international arbitration from the perspective of peace ethics.

Vol. 29
Guido Brune
Menschenrechte und Menschenrechtsethos: zur Debatte um eine Ergänzung der Menschenrechte durch Menschenpflichten.
Stuttgart 2006. 192 pp.
EUR 29,00
ISBN 3-17-019036-9
Ever since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations voices have been heard again and again in the discussion about these rights demanding that the declaration of human rights be extended to include human duties. The author determines the relationship between rights and duties, respectively human rights and human duties, and evaluates the various suggestions for declarations of duties. Here, too, the churches can contribute effectively to the formation and explanation of the ethos behind these concepts. This task arises naturally from the churches' own self-image.


Vol. 28
Timo J. Weissenberg
Die Friedenslehre des Augustinus: theologische Grundlagen und ethische Entfaltung.
Stuttgart 2005. 564 pp.
EUR 53,00
ISBN 3-17-018744-9
Augustine, so the basic tenet of this portrayal, develops neither systematic peace ethics nor a casuistry of just war, but rather a theologically formulated doctrine of peace, in light of which he asks about consequences for political action. The aim of reconstructing Augustine's most important statements about peace ethics not from the narrow perspective of their historical effect, but rather from that of the great themes of Augustinian theology, proves to be extremely productive. The result is a view of the complete works of Augustine from the perspective of a genuinely theological concept of peace which cannot be found in this form either in general Augustinian research or among the historical studies on the development of the bellum-iustum-teachings.


Vol. 27
Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven/Joachim Stüben (Eds.)
Kann Krieg erlaubt sein?: Eine Quellensammlung zur politischen Ethik der Spanischen Spätscholastik.
Stuttgart 2006. 547 pp.
EUR 40,00
ISBN 978-3-17-018324-7
One of the characteristics of the 16th century was an increasing fragmentation of the Christian west as a consequence of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, a tense proximity to the Islamic cultural world and a fundamental increase in awareness and the field of action as a result of the discovery of America. The teachings on just war, which are still controversial today, proved to be an attempt at regulation this complex epoch of upheaval.

This volume contains relevant texts on the political ethics of Francisco de Vitoria, Domingo de Soto, Melchor Cano, Diego de Covarrubias and Luis de Molina in Latin original with a German translation. Apart from that, it contains extracts (also bilingual) from the works of Catholic authors which formed the foundation of an understanding of the question of war in late Spanish Scholasticism.


Vol. 26
Norbert Brieskorn/Markus Riedenauer (Eds.)
Suche nach Frieden: Politische Ethik in der Frühen Neuzeit III.
Stuttgart 2003. 441 pp.
EUR 40,00
ISBN 3-17-018154-8
Between the end of the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment philosophers and theologians, humanists and political thinkers, jurists and politicians attempt to solve the problems of peaceful co-existence, both within nations and between themselves. The different, sometimes overlapping, discussions are outlined in this third and final volume of the interdisciplinary examination of the peace ethics of the early modern period up to the early 18th century. On the one hand they make reference to the necessity for tolerance (Sebastian Castellio and Pierre Bayle on this topic in this volume), to a new attitude to morality and to natural right which creates a self-image (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Samuel Pufendorf and Christian Thomasius on this topic); on the other hand they attempt to define more clearly the role of the state and the principles of national affairs (Thomas Hobbes, Johannes Althusius, Justus Lipsius). Amos Comenius chooses a comprehensive and pedagogical approach in order to further a universal concept of peace. Political thinkers such as Guillaume Aubert or William Penn focus again on conflicts between nations. With reference to martial law, Balthasar de Ayala and Gabriel Vázquez differentiate in a special way between the spheres of competence of law, religion and conscience.


Vol. 25
Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven/Rolf Schumacher (Eds.)
"Gerechter Friede" - Weltgemeinschaft in der Verantwortung: zur Debatte um die Friedensschrift der deutschen Bischöfe.
Stuttgart 2003. 252 pp.
EUR 25,00
ISBN 3-17-017955-1
In September 2000 the German Catholic bishops published a new peace letter under the programmatic title "Just Peace". Against a biblical and theological background, basic principles of peace ethics are developed in this text and applied to central questions of foreign and security policies. The bishops' work found broad public acclaim and was praised for its clear words. This volume takes up the debate about the peace letter and continues it. In what way are Christians and the Church responsible for the political process of an international peace? How are biblical instructions and ethical norms connected? Is there a difference between Lutheran and Catholic peace ethics? While such questions determine the theological, ethical discussion, "Just Peace" also resonated in political philosophy and ethics. The perspective of peace ethics is being discussed by both conflict research and political theory. Peace ethical norms of the peace letter are being examined for their applicability to topical questions such as the fight against terrorism, the Iraq war debate and also the new wars.


Vol. 24
Gerhard Beestermöller (Ed.)
Die humanitäre Intervention - Imperativ der Menschenrechtsidee?: Rechtsethische Reflexionen am Beispiel des Kosovo-Krieges.
Stuttgart 2003. 171 pp.
EUR 25,00
ISBN 3-17-017595-5
The western alliance under the leadership of the USA is more powerful, but also more vulnerable than ever before. The considerable tension of this situation is obvious in the strange ambivalence which determines the political legitimisation of the war in Afghanistan. On the one hand, it is justified as humanitarian intervention to free the people from Taliban oppression and therefore essentially a human rights idea, on the other hand as fighting al-Qaeda and the terror it perpetrates and therefore as the legitimate preservation of national interests. It is necessary to clarify the categories. This volume contains contributions from leading German-speaking philosophy and theology experts in the field of legal ethics who use the war in the Kosovo to illustrate both the reasons for and the limits of the idea of humanitarian intervention used to protect human rights across borders.


Vol. 23
Gerhard Beestermöller/Hans-Richard Reuter (Eds.)
Politik der Versöhnung.
Stuttgart 2002. 258 pp.
EUR 29,00
ISBN 3-17-017348-0
In recent years "reconciliation" has experienced a boom as an element of political rhetoric. After civil wars and changes in political systems, during the transition from a state of lawlessness to a constitutional state and democracy, nations are faced with the task of "post-conflict peace-building". This includes finding suitable ways of dealing with a guilt-laden past, ways which make political and social (re)integration possible. Whether and in how far there is a correlation between political reconciliation and the concept of reconciliation which is anchored in the Jewish-Christian tradition, is however debatable. This volume contains contributions on basic ethical questions in the border area of theology, philosophy and law and investigates the possibilities and limits of reconciliation in relevant case studies.


Vol. 22
Paul Wuthe
Für Menschenrechte und Religionsfreiheit in Europa: die Politik des Heiligen Stuhls in der KSZE/OSZE.
Stuttgart 2002. 242 pp.
EUR 29,80
ISBN 3-17-017266-2
With the signing of the final act of Helsinki on 1.8.1975 a process was set in motion in Europe which played a decisive role in overcoming the east-west conflict and the major political changes which have occurred since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Among the 35 participating states, the Holy See was an equal partner in the CSCE process from the beginning and succeeded, together with other states, in anchoring the validity of human rights and especially the right to religious freedom as matters of central importance to security and co-operation in the documents of the CSCE. This paper demonstrates how important the new position of the Second Vatican Council was in these matters which were so controversial for such a long time. Through international involvement, the Holy See can be seen to be carrying out the declarations of the last Council with great resolve.


Vol. 21
Michael Rosenberger
Was dem Leben dient: schöpfungsethische Weichenstellungen im konziliaren Prozeß der Jahre 1987-89.
Stuttgart 2001. 506 pp.
EUR 46,20
ISBN 3-17-016697-2
The question of how to deal with the basic natural resources of the earth has been recognised as a major ethical and political challenge since the 1970s. Christians and churches have also been keenly participating in the ecological discussion on different levels since then. Based on the belief in God the Creator who carries and holds the world, a genuinely Christian Creation ethos is gradually evolving - many-faceted and reflected in a variety of ways. The article is concerned with this ethos found in major texts from the "Conciliatory Process of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (JPIC)". The basic directions taken which determine the Christian ethos in its treatment of Creation thus become visible. They set a course which the church can hardly stray from, neither in preaching nor in practice. At the same time they form a consistent framework for scientific reflection on Creation ethics.


Vol. 20
Norbert Brieskorn/Markus Riedenauer (Eds.)
Suche nach Frieden: Politische Ethik in der Frühen Neuzeit II.
Stuttgart 2002. 437 pp.
EUR 35,00
ISBN 3-17- 017410-X
Schism and terrible religious wars dominate the problems of political ethics in the 16th and 17th centuries. For the sake of peace, the motives of conscience and pragmatic action, individuality and raison d'état, religion and empire have to be ordered anew. Gradually the use of violence to achieve religious truth is being regarded as illegitimate. For humanist thinkers (in this volume: Pico della Mirandola, Johannes Reuchlin, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Thomas More, Ludovicus Vives and Tommaso Campanella) the focus is on the individual, although the state is seen increasingly as a real power factor. This leads to the political thinkers Niccolò Machiavelli and his opponents (exemplified by Pedro de Ribadeneira), to Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva and Jean Bodin.
At the same time, Protestant reformers, Catholic counter-reformers and politicians look for new ways of finding a basic order capable of bringing about peace while at the same time retaining their own denominational and political interests to the maximum. This volume shows the development from Philipp Melanchthon and the politics at the preliminary stage of the Religious Peace of Augsburg to Robert Bellarmin and the Westphalian peace negotiations.


Vol. 19
Norbert Brieskorn/Markus Riedenauer (Eds.)
Suche nach Frieden: Politische Ethik in der Frühen Neuzeit I.
Stuttgart 2000. 276 pp.
EUR 26,00
ISBN 3-17-016439-2
After the collapse of the medieval imperial ideal and its models for peace ethics, in the struggle for power, in social, denominational and inter-religious conflicts, the question of peace and the conditions for peace became extremely pressing. Peace now had to be feasible under the conditions of divergent systems in a culturally and religiously plural world. The structures of the modern era meant that justice had to prevail, even during conflicts. This volume deals with this complex of problems with contributions from Nicholas of Cusa, Martin Luther and John Calvin, several authors of late Spanish Scholasticism and Hugo Grotius.


Vol. 18
Eckart Otto
Krieg und Frieden in der Hebräischen Bibel und im Alten Orient: Aspekte für eine Friedensordnung in der Moderne.
Stuttgart 1999. 188 pp.
EUR 25,00
ISBN 3-17-016265-9
What influence do religions in the Ancient Orient and the Hebrew Bible have on the political concepts and programmes of an international peace order? By going through central texts of the religions of Egypt, Ugarit and Assyria, programmes of political theology are reconstructed in which not war and peace are opposites, but war and chaos. Therefore it is their goal to demonstrate their dominance by enforcing peace by violent means. On the other hand, we recognize new forms of political theology in the Hebrew Bible which are based on overcoming a triumphant understanding of God and become the cradle of modern human rights and international law.


Vol. 17
Thomas Hoppe
Menschenrechte im Spannungsfeld von Freiheit, Gleichheit und Solidarität: Grundlagen eines internationalen Ethos zwischen universalem Geltungsanspruch und Partikularitätsverdacht.
Stuttgart 2002. 236 pp.
EUR 29,80
ISBN 3-17-015585-7
The controversy over the universal range (and scope) of human rights indicates that important questions are to be clarified. On the theoretical level, a normative understanding on the possibilities and limitations of legitimate cultural differences is needed. On the practical level, it is important to introduce the concept of human rights into contexts which where until now removed from this model of an increasing implementation of political justice. The discourse on human rights is therefore becoming the decisive "interface" for intercultural and inter-religious dialogues, in as far as they deal with political and social matters.


Vol. 16
Ernst J. Nagel
Minderheiten in der Demokratie: politische Herausforderungen und interreligiöser Dialog.
Stuttgart 1998. 278 pp.
EUR 26,00
ISBN 3-17-015573-3
Religion has always played an important role wherever there has been conflict between minorities and a majority. This article therefore concentrates on the new theological consciousness of the Catholic church in questions relating to cultural diversity and consequently also the problems of minorities. The Catholic church serves as a concrete example of the challenges faced by all religions and philosophies. This example is used to examine in how far the church's concept of itself makes a positive relationship to other systems of thought and faith possible. Of particular interest is the question which new practice is implemented as a result of this new theological consciousness, which deficits must be removed so that this new beginning within the church can also contribute to the social and political solution of the problems of minorities.


Vol. 15
Marcel Pekarek
Absolutismus als Kriegsursache: die französische Aufklärung zu Krieg und Frieden.
Stuttgart 1997. 210 pp.
EUR 36,00
ISBN 3-17-014782-X
This work examines the international consequences of the typical concentration of state power in the person of the monarch while at the same time local rulers lost their power during the age of absolutism. This process leads both to a strengthening of the ability of the ruler to mobilize the economic and military means of his country and to a lessening of control of his policies: for personal reasons the absolute monarch Louis XIV starts wars, the success of which are in no relationship to the damage they cause to the state.French Enlightenment philosophy analyses the relationship between the different types of ruling organisations in modern states and their international behaviour. It comes to the conclusion that promoting peace depends on the legal limitation and public control of the rulers in the states.


Vol. 14
Johann Maier
Kriegsrecht und Friedensordnung in jüdischer Tradition.
Stuttgart 2000. 436 pp.
EUR 46,20
ISBN 3-17-014409-X
One of the main causes of tension in Jewish tradition is the relationship of the love of God for all people and His particular relationship to His Chosen People. Nowhere is this tension greater than on the topic of "martial law and peace order". Does God want peace for all people or only for Israel? What do Israel's wars mean in God's universal plan of salvation? The author pursues these and similar questions using sources from early Judaism (to c. A.D. 100), the Rabbinic period (from c. 200 A.D.), the medieval writings of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) and the early modern texts of Isaak Abrabanel (1437-1508). Johann Maier's study is essential for a deeper understanding of the politics of Israel today.


Vol. 13
Ernst J. Nagel
Die Friedenslehre der katholischen Kirche: eine Konkordanz kirchenamtlicher Dokumente.
Stuttgart 1997. 289 pp.
EUR 36,00
ISBN 3-17-013931-2
The social teaching of the church imparts a demand for recognition which affects our social behaviour and which has its roots in the Christian faith. Convincing answers to today's social questions, reliability and the ability to engage in dialogue are expected of Christian social teaching - and rightly so. The author has examined the important basic characteristics of Christian social teaching in order to develop, concordance-like and in a differentiated representation, the church's teachings on peace.


Vol. 12
Matthias Gillner
Bartolomé de Las Casas und die Eroberung des indianischen Kontinents: das friedensethische Profil eines weltgeschichtlichen Umbruchs aus der Perspektive eines Anwalts der Unterdrückten.
Stuttgart 1997. 298 pp.
EUR 36,00
ISBN 3-17-013930-4
The conquest of the American Indian continent has recently moved back into public consciousness and has set off a violent controversy about the moral dimensions of the Spanish Conquista. In fact, there had already been protest against the measures and effects of the conquest in the 16th century, particularly amongst missionaries. The author traces the criticism of Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566), the leader of the "pro-Indian movement". At the centre of his analysis are the Conquista's attempts at legitimizing their actions, seen in the context of contemporary ideas.


Vol. 11
Alfred Hierold/Ernst J. Nagel (Eds.)
Kirchlicher Auftrag und politische Friedensgestaltung: Festschrift für Ernst Niermann, Militärgeneralvikar 1981 - 1995.
Stuttgart 1995. 280 pp.
EUR 51,00
ISBN 3-17-013724-7


Vol. 10
Gerhard Beestermöller
Die Völkerbundsidee: Leistungsfähigkeit und Grenzen der Kriegsächtung durch Staatensolidarität.
Stuttgart 1995. 210 pp.
EUR 36,00
ISBN 3-17-013723-9
After the First World War, the American President Woodrow Wilson attempted to give the world a political order which would prevent future wars by establishing the League of Nations. He was convinced that Kant had provided the theoretical basis for this in his philosophical design of a federation of democratic states. The author reveals the premises on which the concept of outlawing of war through state solidarity is based and discusses it in the light of Catholic peace studies. The results are of major importance for the present-day discussion of peace and political security, as Kant's philosophy of peace is in many ways able to provide a solid basis for a new order of peace.


Vol. 9
Markus Weinland
Das Friedensethos der Kirche der Brüder im Spannungsfeld von Gewaltlosigkeit und Weltverantwortung.
Stuttgart 1996. 180 pp.
EUR 45,50
ISBN 3-17-013722-0
The Church of the Brethren, like the Quakers and Mennonites, belongs to the group of historical peace churches. This term is used to define churches which understand Jesus's commandment not to use violence as applying in every situation. The political public often sees absolute non-violence as an attitude that can only be sustained in small sections of society. This makes it all the more exciting to discover how the Church of the Brethren has tried, in its two-hundred-year history, to do justice to both the Christian imperative 'love thy neighbour' and to active perception.


Vol. 8
Francisco de Vitoria
Vorlesungen II (Relectiones): Völkerrecht, Politik, Kirche; lateinisch-deutscher Text.
Ulrich Horst/Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven/Joachim Stüben (Eds.)
Stuttgart 1997. 838 pp.
EUR 112,00
ISBN 3-17-014143-0


Vol. 7
Francisco de Vitoria
Vorlesungen I (Relectiones): Völkerrecht, Politik, Kirche; lateinisch-deutscher Text; mit einer Einführung in Leben und Werke Vitorias von Ulrich Horst.
Ulrich Horst/Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven/Joachim Stüben (Eds.)
Stuttgart 1995. 664 pp.
EUR 112,00
ISBN 3-17-013235-0
Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546), with regard to both his year of birth and death, a contemporary of Martin Luther's, on the border between the Middle Ages and modern times, is recognized as the precursor of the modern science of international law. The 'lectures' (relectiones) he held in Salamanca show the whole spectrum of his thoughts on Pope and Emperor, state and church, peace and war. He conducted intense debate with other scholars, in particular Thomas Aquinas. The range of topics includes everything from questions of cosmology to suicide, magic and witchcraft. This reflects the uncertainty of an age which was on the point of upheaval in all areas. The Old World faced fundamental ethical and politcal questions, not only as a result of the Reformation which had begun in Germany, but also because of the new countries which had been discovered in the west. Events such as the divorce of Henry VIII of England demanded critical comment because of the far-reaching consequences, as did the over-due reform of the church for which Vitoria felt particularly responsible.


Vol. 6
Gerhard Beestermöller/Norbert Glatzel (Eds.)
Theologie im Ringen um Frieden: Einblicke in die Werkstatt theologischer Friedensethik.
Stuttgart 1995. 218 pp.
EUR 60,00
ISBN 3-17-013177-X
The changes which have taken place as a result of the end of East-West confrontation demand a thoroughly new concept of security politics, since practically all former concepts have become obsolete. A new design for peace policies is now possible in political, social and economic developments. In this volume, the authors develop perspectives for a more peaceful world with reference to tradition and through dialogues between the denominations and with other religions. The work was written to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Institute for Theology and Peace and is dedicated to its director, Prof. DDr. Ernst Josef Nagel.


Vol. 5
Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven
Francisco de Vitoria zu Krieg und Frieden.
Stuttgart 1991. 213 pp.
EUR 33,00
ISBN 3-17-013248-2


Vol. 4
Gerhard Beestermöller
Thomas von Aquin und der gerechte Krieg: Friedensethik im theologischen Kontext der Summa Theologiae.
Stuttgart 1990. 260 pp.
ISBN 3-17-013247-4 (vergriffen/out of print)


Vol. 3
Franz Furger/Ernst J. Nagel (Eds.)
Die Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Ethik.
Stuttgart 1986. 156 pp.
EUR 26,00
ISBN 3-17-013246-6


Vol. 2
Ernst J. Nagel
Die Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative als ethische Frage.
Stuttgart 1986. 160 pp.
EUR 26,00
ISBN 3-17-013245-8


Vol. 1
Thomas Hoppe
Friedenspolitik mit militärischen Mitteln: eine ethische Analyse strategischer Ansätze.
Stuttgart 1986. 320 pp.
EUR 45,50
ISBN 3-17-013244-X