Nuclear Weapons and the Christian:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Nuclear Weapons and the Christian: "
Michael Cohen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069339
Doc. No	:	LA112968
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341635‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Cohen
Title & Author	:	Nuclear Weapons and the Christian: [Article] : Disarmament or Learning to Live with Nuclear Armed Adversaries?\ Michael Cohen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/4
Page No	:	499–514
Abstract	:	A long Christian tradition has argued that the possession and coercive/physical use of nuclear weapons is morally indefensible and advocated nuclear disarmament. This article takes stock of what we now know about nuclear weapons and advocates a Christian responsibility to redirect initiatives from eliminating nuclear weapons to eliminating the hatred, fear and insecurity that creates a demand for them. It notes the small number of nuclear powers despite many states that could develop a nuclear capability and argues that the United States holds the most responsibility for their limited spread. It also notes that the tendency for nuclear weapons to provide otherwise elusive solutions to deeply pressing security challenges facing the nine nuclear powers means that these states will likely never eliminate them. The article advocates for the removal of the insecurity that generates the demand for nuclear weapons, and briefly illustrates how this might look like in contemporary North Korea. A long Christian tradition has argued that the possession and coercive/physical use of nuclear weapons is morally indefensible and advocated nuclear disarmament. This article takes stock of what we now know about nuclear weapons and advocates a Christian responsibility to redirect initiatives from eliminating nuclear weapons to eliminating the hatred, fear and insecurity that creates a demand for them. It notes the small number of nuclear powers despite many states that could develop a nuclear capability and argues that the United States holds the most responsibility for their limited spread. It also notes that the tendency for nuclear weapons to provide otherwise elusive solutions to deeply pressing security challenges facing the nine nuclear powers means that these states will likely never eliminate them. The article advocates for the removal of the insecurity that generates the demand for nuclear weapons, and briefly illustrates how this might look like in contemporary North Korea.
Descriptor	:	reconciliation
Descriptor	:	engagement
Descriptor	:	interstate conflict
Descriptor	:	nuclear disarmament
Descriptor	:	nuclear weapons
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341635‬