The Church and the bomb : nuclear weapons and Christian conscience
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- Publication Date
- c1982
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- JX 1974 C48 1982
- Corporate Author
- Church of England. Board for Social Responsibility
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton and CIO Publishing
- Publication Date
- c1982
- Physical Description
- xi, 190 p. ; 19.8 x 12.6 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "The report of a working party under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Salisbury".
- "Published jointly with CIO Publishing". -- back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Report of a working party of the Board for Social Responsibility, chaired by the Rt. Rev. John Austin Baker, Bishop of Salisbury, with the following terms of reference: "(i) To study the implications for Christian discipleship of the acceptance by the major military powers of a role for thermonuclear weapons in their strategy; (ii) To consider the bearing of this on the adequacy of past Christian teaching and ethical analysis regarding the conduct of war; (iii) To advise the Board on ways in which the members of the Churches can be helped to participate more effectively in public debate on these issues; and (iv) from time to time to prepare for publication discussion papers on the matters under consideration. ... At an early stage we asked the Board to relieve us of the responsibility of meeting the requirements of the third and fourth of our terms of reference, believing that they would divert our attention from our principal task". -- Intro., pp. [vii]-viii.
- Contents: Introduction / John Sarum [i.e. John Baker] (Chairman), G.S. Ecclestone (Secretary) et al. -- The structure of the report -- Nuclear weapons: what they are and how they might be used -- Nuclear weapons in the strategies of their possessors -- The debit side of the nuclear balance -- From Hiroshima to Helsinki: the political context -- Legal and moral constraints -- Wider theological and ethical considerations -- Policy options for peace -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Tables -- Glossary -- Notes -- Members of the working party.
- Added Entry
- Baker, John Austin, 1928-2014
- Subjects
- Atomic warfare - Moral and ethical aspects
- Disarmament - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Nuclear disarmament - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Nuclear warfare - Religious aspects - Church of England
- ISBN
- 0-340-32371-X
- Call Number
- JX 1974 C48 1982
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)