Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jus Ad Bellum, Noble Eightfold Path, Nonkilling

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1022A/B
• Professor: Corinne Walsh

Document Summary

Any war fought by divine command or for a primarily religious purpose. Fight to ensure religious conformity and punish deviance. Fight under the direction of charismatic religious leaders. From the arabic root jhd to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle. Lesser jihad - refers to political or militant struggle to defend islam. Greater jihad - refers to inward striving for perfect peace. Violence is permitted with the aim to limit violence, war and human rights abuses. The goal is to bring about peace and justice. Proportionality means minimum force for minimum amount of harm. Non-combatant immunity; only appropriate force should be used. Not only should the aim for the war be appropriate but as well as the means. Obligatory war in which jews are commanded to fight. Opposition to war and/or to participation in war (james childress) commitment to peace. Refers to the idea of harmlessness, non-injury, and non-killing.