Blessed Are the Peacemakers

“Impartial in its treatment of various perspectives, integrating in its synthesis of apparently diverging approaches, imaginative in its opening of spaces for further efforts, and inspirational in its comprehensive call to be peacemakers–this will be, and rightly so, the book on the Christian ethics of war and peace” –Tobias Winright, Hubert Mäder Endowed Chair of Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University

“Blessed Are the Peacemakers should become the starting point for the next generation of Christian moral reflection on this pivotal, perennial issue.” –David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University

“One of the best introductions to a Christian theology of peacebuilding available” –Emmanuel Katongole, Professor of Theology and of Peace Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

“Blessed Are the Peacemakers is a remarkable book. For many years, my graduate students in seminars on just war and pacifism greatly benefitted from Cahill’s earlier Love Your Enemies. This new book has all the strengths of its predecessor, and, in addition, it enriches and enlivens discourse about war and peace by highlighting and promoting peacebuilding. I enthusiastically recommend it.” –James F. Childress, John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Education Emeritus, University of Virginia

“This should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the development of thought and practice away from the just war/pacifist dichotomy, toward just peace.” –Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor of International Relations, The Catholic University of America, founding member Catholic Peacebuilding Network, Core Group U.S. Department of State Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy

Lisa Sowle Cahill is J. Donald Monan Professor of Christian Ethics at Boston College. She is author of Between the Sexes (Fortress Press 1988), Love Your Enemies (Fortress Press 1994), and Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 1996). Cahill has held leadership posts in both the Society for Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.