Very interesting, thanks very much! > -----Original Message----- > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- > boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Perry Dane > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:18 PM > To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > Subject: Religious attitudes towards self-defense, deadly and otherwise > > Eugene, > > I can't, offhand, help you with precise theological sources, > but you might be interested in an internal debate that occurred at > Calvin College, the very intellectually and religiously serious Dutch > Reformed college in Michigan, when the school administration decided > (after the Virginia Tech tragedy) to issue guns to some members of > the college security force. A group of students got very upset over > the decision, claiming it was unchristian, and the administration > produced a "Theological Explanation for the Use of Force Policy." > > For some account, see, e.g. > > http://www.calvin.edu/news/2007-08/use-of-force.htm > > http://www.crcna.org/news.cfm?newsid=530 > > http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=3713 > > http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/05/calvin_board_oks_gun_policy_fo.htm l > > I haven't been able to find the explanation theological document that > the college administration drafted in defense of its policy. > > Hope this helps. > > Perry > > > Eugene Volokh wrote: > > I'm looking for good sources that discuss religious attitudes > >towards self-defense or defense of others, deadly and otherwise; in > >particular, I'm looking to see whether there are religious groups that > >(1) take the view that deadly force is always bad, even in self-defense > >or defense of others, but nondeadly force (including pepper spray, stun > >guns, and other devices that are extremely unlikely to kill) is > >permissible, or (2) take the view that given the choice between > >nondeadly force and deadly force, one should always use nondeadly force, > >unless the nondeadly force is very likely to fail (e.g., all one has for > >nondeadly force is fists vs. an attacker's knife). > > ******************************************************* > Perry Dane > Professor of Law > > Rutgers University > School of Law -- Camden > 217 North Fifth Street > Camden, NJ 08102 > > d...@crab.rutgers.edu > Bio: www.camlaw.rutgers.edu/bio/925/ > SSRN Author page: www.ssrn.com/author=48596 > > Work: (856) 225-6004 > Fax: (856) 969-7924 > Home: (610) 896-5702 > ******************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************* > Perry Dane > Professor of Law > > Rutgers University > School of Law -- Camden > 217 North Fifth Street > Camden, NJ 08102 > > d...@crab.rutgers.edu > Bio: www.camlaw.rutgers.edu/bio/925/ > SSRN Author page: www.ssrn.com/author=48596 > > Work: (856) 225-6004 > Fax: (856) 969-7924 > Home: (610) 896-5702 > ******************************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can > read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the > messages to others.
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