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Which two Christian positions on force does the guide name?
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Pacifism and "just war" theory — both developed from the same Gospels.
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What does just war theory do?
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It restricts. Its conditions — just cause, proper authority, last resort, proportionality, protection of non-combatants — limit when war is permitted and how it is conducted.
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Compare the four traditions on the use of force.
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Christianity has pacifism and just war; Sikhism has dharam yudh, developed to limit war; Judaism regards war as legitimate because the commandment forbids murder; Buddhism has no doctrine of righteous war.
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Which medical issues does the guide list?
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Euthanasia, embryo research, genetic engineering and abortion.
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What does stewardship mean?
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That creation is entrusted rather than owned, so caring for it is owed to God. The guide lists it under both religious experience and environmental ethics.
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What objection is raised against Christian environmental ethics?
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That Genesis has been read as granting humanity dominion over the earth, and that this reading encouraged exploitation. Christians answer that dominion means trusteeship, answerable to the owner.
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What else does the guide list under Christian ethics?
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Crime and punishment; focus on poverty; ethical banking and business practice; homosexuals in ministry and homosexual marriages; family law; church and state; and blasphemy laws.
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Why do the churches reach different answers on modern questions?
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Because they weight the four sources of ethical authority differently, and because a church deciding centrally binds everyone at once while a church deciding congregationally will contain a range of positions.
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Where do the churches agree most readily?
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On poverty, peace and stewardship of the environment, where common ecumenical statements exist — more readily than they agree on doctrine.
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