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Clouse, Robert G., War: Four Christian Views. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1981

Bainton, Roland H., Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace: A Historical Survey and Critical Re-Evaluation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1979.

Holmes, Arthur F., War and Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1975.

McLaren, Brian,  A Sermon for President Bush.  Delivered Sunday 12 January 2003 at Cedar Ridge Community Church,

Ramsey, Paul, The Just War: Force and Political Responsibility. New York: Scribner's, 1968.

Torbett, David, What about Iraq : Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace, Lecture delivered at Mount Union College , March 5, 2003. 

Walzer, Michael,  Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations. New York: Basic Books, 1977.

Yoder , John Howard,  When War is Unjust: Being Honest in Just-War Thinking. Eugene OR.: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001.

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