Acting on belief: Christian perspectives on suffering and violence

Ethics and International Affairs 14:83–97 (2000)
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Two types of Judeo-Christian perspective stress the imperative to act to relieve suffering and transcend violence: liberation theology and the "religious humanitarian perspective." Both link ethics and action; both influence political debate

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10.1111/j.1747-7093.2000.tb00055.x

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