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Torture is a Moral Issue

Christians, Jews, Muslims, and People of Conscience Speak out
  • ISBN-13: 9780802860293
  • Publisher: EERDMANS TRADE
    Imprint: EERDMANS TRADE
  • Edited by Professor George Hunsinger
  • Price: AUD $44.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 05/09/2008
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 272 pages Weight: 408g
  • Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]
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In this hard-hitting volume two dozen scholars, activists, military officers, and religious leaders call for an immediate end to the practice of torture, paying particular attention to its use in the American war on terror. Torture Is a Moral Issue begins with background material, including vivid firsthand accounts from a torture survivor and a
George Hunsinger is McCord Professor of SystematicTheology at Princeton Theological Seminary and therecipient of the 2010 Karl Barth Prize from the Union ofEvangelical Churches in Germany.
Daniel Berrigan, -- poet, priest, peace activist, author "This volume refuses to enter the sordid semantic debate over torture. Instead it summons the moral weight of religion and ethical understanding to condemn and call a halt to torture, to summon neglected resources and alternative behavior. A hard book, but desperately needed."
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