This article provides a contribution to the concept of a peace ethics which understands human peacemaking as a churchly practice accepting and joining in God`s reconciling works. From a pacifist stance, the author argues that ecclesial ethics allows a forceful reframing of the just war tradition as it is developed in the largely unknown Reformed confessions of the 16th century. A theological exploration of the peace church`s pathos drives the author towards a rediscovery of the church`s central worshiping practices, such as eucharist, as distinctively peacemaking practices. Following John Calvin`s and Karl Barth`s ethical account, the mode of peacemaking is defined as a hastening that waits.

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Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2005/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2005)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Hofheinz, Marco

Schlagwörter: Ökumene Kirche Abendmahl Verantwortung Internationale Beziehungen Friedensethik Gerechter Krieg Theologische Ethik Friedenskirche Bekenntnisschrift