Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise

2009-03-20 Thread Perry Dane
Eugene, I can't, offhand, help you with precise theological sources, but you might be interested in an internal debate that occurred at Calvin College, the very intellectually and religiously serious Dutch Reformed college in Michigan, when the school administration decided (after

RE: Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise

2009-03-20 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Very interesting, thanks very much! -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Perry Dane Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:18 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Religious attitudes towards self

Re: Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise

2009-03-20 Thread Marc Stern
...@lists.ucla.edu religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Fri Mar 20 18:10:46 2009 Subject: RE: Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise Very interesting, thanks very much! -Original Message

Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise

2009-03-11 Thread Volokh, Eugene
I'm looking for good sources that discuss religious attitudes towards self-defense or defense of others, deadly and otherwise; in particular, I'm looking to see whether there are religious groups that (1) take the view that deadly force is always bad, even in self-defense or defense of others,