Anabaptist two kingdom dualism: metaphysical grounding for non-violence
A non-violent position drawn from the Anabaptist tradition (‘two-kingdom dualism’) is contrasted with the Christian pacifism with which that position is commonly conflated. It is argued that two-kingdom dualism more effectively leverages the philosophical and practical features of its particularly C...
| Subtitles: | Special issue: "The Existence and Nature of Deities" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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| In: |
Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 598-609 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mennonites
/ Dualism
/ Two kingdoms doctrine
/ Non-violence
/ Christianity
/ Pacifism
/ Metaphysics
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CH Christianity and Society KDH Christian sects NBA Dogmatics NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Anabaptism
B Pacifism B Kierkegaard B two-kingdom dualism B Metaphysics B Just War B Mennonite |
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| Summary: | A non-violent position drawn from the Anabaptist tradition (‘two-kingdom dualism’) is contrasted with the Christian pacifism with which that position is commonly conflated. It is argued that two-kingdom dualism more effectively leverages the philosophical and practical features of its particularly Christian character than does Christian pacifism - and that these features may have implications beyond the philosophy of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000147 |