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PalgraveMacmillan’s ContentandContextinTheologicalEthics Content and Context in Theological Ethics offers ethics done from theo- logical and religious perspectives rooted in the particular contexts and lived experience of real people in history, in the present, and looking with hope toward thefuture.The series raises the contexts or cultures outofwhich an increasing number of scholars do their thinking and research regarding the influenceofthosecontextsonthecontentofethicsandhowthatcontenthas beenappliedhistorically,traditionally,and/orsubversivelybymembersofthe contextorcommunityorcultureunderscrutinyorraisedasparadigmaticor as a novel or passing fad. 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Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-34725-1 ScripturalquotationsfromNewRevisedStandardVersionBible: CatholicEdition,copyright1989,1993,DivisionofChristianEducation oftheNationalCounciloftheChurchesofChristintheUnitedStates ofAmerica.Usedbypermission.Allrightsreserved.Allrightsreserved. Firstpublishedin2013by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN® intheUnitedStates—adivisionofSt.Martin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. WherethisbookisdistributedintheUK,Europeandtherestofthe World,thisisbyPalgraveMacmillan,adivisionofMacmillanPublishers Limited,registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,of Houndmills,Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabove companiesandhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnited States,theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-46727-3 ISBN 978-1-137-35032-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137350329 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Cumming,RyanP. TheAfricanAmericanchallengetojustwartheory: aChristianapproachby/RyanP.Cumming. pages cm 1. AfricanAmericans—Attitudes. 2. Justwardoctrine. 3. War—Moralandethicalaspects. 4. UnitedStates.—Armed Forces—AfricanAmericans. I. Title. E185.625.C862013 305.896(cid:2)073—dc23 2013006554 AcataloguerecordofthebookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. DesignbyIntegraSoftwareServices Firstedition:August2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Tomywife, Cindy andmyparents,NeilandKaren This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 TheStateofJustWarTheoryToday 9 2 WhoMakesDecisions?RightAuthorityinHistorical Context 41 3 AfricanAmericanThoughtonAuthorityandWar 73 4 WhoPaystheCost?MilitaryBudgetsand Proportionalityadbellum 103 5 WhatIstheGoal?RethinkingJustCause 147 Notes 191 Bibliography 223 Index 237 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments Every research project involves the work of many people, and I am deeply indebted to the individuals that helped bring this project into fruition.Mygratitudeisdue,firstandforemost,toBillFrench,Bryan Massingale, and Jon Nilson, who served as the readers of the dis- sertation that became this book and greatly helped me improve the manuscript.IamalsogratefultothefacultyandstaffatLoyolaUniver- sityChicago,especiallyCatherineWolfandMarianneWolfe,fortheir assistance.Thankyou,also,toMaryJoIozzio,BurkeGerstenschlager, LaniOshima,MaddieCrum,thestaffatPalgraveMacmillan,andthe anonymousreviewerwhoofferedveryhelpfulfeedback.Specialthanks to John Kata for his thought-provoking conversations and challeng- ing perspectives on politics and economics. Lastly in order but never importance,Iwouldberemissinnotacknowledgingmywife,Cindy, forherpatienceandconstantencouragementasIworkedonthis.She istrulyasaint.
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