The United Nations University is hosting an event in New York on February 19th and another in Washington, D.C. on February 20th connected to a new volume, World Religions and the Norms of War:
Recent armed conflicts—domestic and international—have drawn fresh attention to age-old questions concerning when war can be justified, and what methods and targets are permissible during war.
Written by an international team of distinguished specialists in their respective traditions, the book takes the reader through the evolution of attitudes and teachings related to the ethics of war within the world’s leading religious traditions. Over more than two millennia, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam have provided guidance in questions of when war can be justified, and of what methods and targets are permissible in war—while responding to pressing moral challenges.
Find more information and event registration links here.