Christian pacifism

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Christian doctrine ethical stance form of pacifism theological stance

Christian pacifism is a theological and ethical stance within Christianity that interprets Jesus’ teachings as a call to reject violence and warfare in favor of nonviolent love, peace, and enemy-love.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Christian pacifism canonical 2
Quaker peace testimony 2
Kingian nonviolence 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine ⓘ
ethical stance ⓘ
form of pacifism ⓘ
theological stance ⓘ
basedOn New Testament ethics ⓘ
Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
teachings of Jesus ⓘ
contrastsWith Christian just war theory ⓘ
holy war ideology ⓘ
corePrinciple enemy-love ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
love of enemies ⓘ
love of neighbor ⓘ
nonviolent love ⓘ
peacemaking ⓘ
rejection of violence ⓘ
rejection of warfare ⓘ
turning the other cheek ⓘ
critiquedFor alleged failure to protect the innocent ⓘ
alleged political irresponsibility ⓘ
debatedWithin Christian ethics ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
defendedAs faithful obedience to Jesus ⓘ
witness to the kingdom of God ⓘ
emphasizes God’s kingdom of peace ⓘ
cross-bearing discipleship ⓘ
enemy reconciliation ⓘ
imitation of Christ ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
goal embody peace in personal and social life ⓘ
reduce and prevent war and violence ⓘ
heldBy Amish ⓘ
Anabaptist churches ⓘ
surface form: Anabaptist traditions

Church of the Brethren ⓘ
Hutterites ⓘ
Mennonites ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakers

some Roman Catholics ⓘ
some mainline Protestants ⓘ
historicalProponent John Howard Yoder ⓘ
Lactantius ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi’s Christian interlocutors ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Menno Simons ⓘ
Origen ⓘ
Stanley Hauerwas ⓘ
Tertullian ⓘ
influenced Christian nonviolent resistance movements ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy Radical Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Anabaptist Radical Reformation

early church attitudes toward military service ⓘ
interpretsPassage Exodus 20:1–17 ⓘ
surface form: Exodus 20:13

Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
surface form: Luke 6:27–36

Matthew 26:52 ⓘ
Matthew 5:38–48 ⓘ
Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
surface form: Matthew 5–7

Romans 12:17–21 ⓘ
Epistle to the Romans ⓘ
surface form: Romans 13
viewOnMilitaryService Christians should not participate in war ⓘ
many adherents are conscientious objectors ⓘ
viewOnPolitics supports nonviolent social change ⓘ
viewOnSelfDefense nonviolent response is preferred ⓘ
viewOnState state may use force but Christians should not participate ⓘ
viewOnViolence Christians should not use lethal force ⓘ
viewOnWar war is incompatible with Jesus’ teachings ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian anarchism → associatedConcept → Christian pacifism ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change → focusesOn → Christian pacifism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingian nonviolence
QUNO → hasPerspective → Christian pacifism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaker peace testimony
John Howard Yoder → movement → Christian pacifism ⓘ
Quaker agencies → inspiredBy → Christian pacifism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quaker peace testimony