Ethics of War: A Short Companion (Essentials in Christian Ethics)

by Paul D. Miller

Publisher:

B&H

, 2025

Overview

In Ethics of War: A Short Companion, Paul D. Miller provides an accessible primer on the just war tradition and ethical issues surrounding combat and warfare.

Miller surveys the ethics of war and justice from a biblical perspective, then offers an overview of the just war tradition from a historical and ethical standpoints. He considers the contemporary challenges of the changing shape of modern warfare and offers insight on how to counsel soldiers, elected officials, and citizens in response.

As a veteran, ethicist, and policy expert in international affairs, Paul Miller brings a lifetime of experience and firm Christian convictions to a difficult subject. Ethics of War: A Short Companion is a careful consideration of the ethical challenges facing believers in today’s war-torn world.

Key Features

• Provides an accessible primer on the just war tradition
• Examines ethical issues surrounding combat and warfare
• Considers the contemporary challenges of the changing shape of modern warfare

Product Details

• Title: Ethics of War: A Short Companion
• Author: Paul D. Miller
• Series: Essentials in Christian Ethics
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 176
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:THCSWRCHRSTTHCS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-06T16:34:00Z

About Paul D. Miller

Paul D. Miller (PhD, Georgetown University) is Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and co-chair of the Global Politics and Security concentration. He spent a decade in public service as director for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the National Security Council staff, an intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, and a military intelligence officer in the US Army. Miller's writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Dispatch, The Washington Post, Providence Magazine, Mere Orthodoxy, The Gospel Coalition, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. He is the author of Just War and Ordered Liberty.