People
who refuse
based on
their
conscience
to fight in a
war.
Quotes
“ Prepare for
war! Rouse the
warriors! Let all
the fighting
men drawn
near and
attack.”
“ The Lord is a warrior.”
Violence and pacifism
Attitudes to the use of violence
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did
not come to bring peace, but a sword."
Attitudes towards pacifism
“Love your
enemies, and pray
for those who
persecute you.”
“Do not take revenge on someone who wrongs
you. If someone strikes you on the right cheek,
turn to him the other also.”
Turn from evil and do
good, seek peace and
pursue it.
“Blessed are
the
peacemakers”
Quakers
Crime and punishment
Concept of justice
Being treated fairly.
Aims of punishment
Retribution
Reformation
Protection
Detterence
Attitudes towards capital punishment
“Anyone who attacks his father or
mother must be out to death.”
“You shall not commit murder.”
“Love your enemies
and pray for those who
persecute you.”
Responses to the treatment of criminals
"If anyone injures his neighbour, whatever
he has done must be done to him: fracture
for fracture, eye for an eye, tooth for tooth.
As he has injured, so he is to be injured".
If any one of you is without
sin, let him be the first to
throw a stone at her.
Social Injustice
Concept of
social justice
and injustice
Social Justice
A society
where
everyone
is
treated
fairly.
Social Injustice
It is the breaking
of one or all of the
25 Human Rights
Beliefs about social injustice
Liberation Theology
Liberation theology says
that Christians should unite
with the poor and
oppressed, and speak out
against injustice and abuses
of human rights.
All humans are created
in the image of God, and
everyone has an eternal
destiny (Heaven,
salvation). All humans
must be respected
because God made and
loves them equally.
“ Do to others what
you would want them
to do to you.”