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dc.contributor.authorGlanville, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:51:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:51:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-07T06:12:16Z
dc.identifier.issn09539468
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0953946812444683
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/51343
dc.description.abstractThe 'responsibility to protect' (RtoP) concept has rapidly taken a prominent place in international debates about how to ensure the protection of civilians from mass atrocities in places such as Libya, the Congo, and Darfur. This article argues that RtoP has deep roots both in Scripture and also in Christian political thought of the last two millennia. In particular, it observes that, whereas twentieth-century arguments for 'humanitarian intervention' framed the protection of strangers and foreigners as a discretionary right, RtoP echoes Ambrose of Milan and others in framing such protection as a duty. It further suggests that the emphasis of RtoP on the responsibility to work with states and to help build their capacity to protect their civilians, rather than waiting until military intervention is necessary, holds the promise of advancing the Christian principle of assisting the vulnerable while, at least in some instances, avoiding thorny and divisive debates about the justice of war.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom312
dc.relation.ispartofpageto326
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalStudies in Christian Ethics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume25
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational Relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Ethics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReligion and Religious Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160607
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2204
dc.titleChristianity and the Responsibility to Protect
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGlanville, Luke


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