RLG203Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reinhold Niebuhr, Tumblr, Dorothy Day
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Violence and non-violence: what would jesus do, crusades and just war, love your enemies and christian paci sm. Essay: friday march 15th, hard copy at dsr (170 st georges street), by 4:30 and electronic copy at turnitin by midnight: include ai statement (see tumblr, turnitin id: 6212733/ password: nazareth. Crusades: 11th-13th centuries: wars between europeans and ottomans, or christians and muslims, battles over territory in holy land and what is now europe, provides a legacy of violent christian response to con ict, especially with respect to. Muslims: driven by missionary and apocalyptic imaginations. St. francis of assisi: crusader or paci st: 1181-1226, travels to egypt during fth crusade to convert muslims & the sultan, considered a founder of christian paci sm. Reinhold niebuhr: christian realism: u. s. theologian, 1892-1971, heretical and non-heretical paci sm. Rlg203: lec8: argues that some paci sts misunderstand the tragic and sinful nature of human beings, that we love ourselves more than our neighbors .
