The quest for peace : three moral traditions in western cultural history / James Turner Johnson.

Bibliography: pages [285]-295.

Includes index.

Ch. 1. Christian attitudes toward war and military service in the first four centuries -- Were the early Christians pacifists? -- The rejection of violence and bloodshed -- The rejection of war by prominent authors -- Early Christian service in the Roman army -- The anatomy of the constantinian synthesis -- Ch. 2. Peace, war, and the rejection of violence in the middle ages -- A new cultural context -- The problem of limiting violence in a violent society -- Sectarian pacifism -- The peace of the heavenly city on earth -- Ch. 3. The political use of force in the renaissance reformation era -- The military and political context -- The just war inheritance -- Humanistic pacifism: Erasmus's argument against war -- Pacifism in radical religious reform: The Anabaptists of the Schleitheim Confession -- Ch. 4. "Perpetual peace" and limited war -- The coalescence of pacifist tradition -- The "perpetual peace" ideal -- The limitation of war in the enlightenment era -- Ch. 5. The quest for peace in the age of modern war -- Abolition, restraint, or total war -- The renewed quest for peace -- Internationalism and universal peace -- Conclusion: Moral ideals and the quest for peace