The Journal of
Scriptural Reasoning
Volume 8, No. 1 — January 2009
Reason, Scripture, and War
Co-Editors
Jacob Goodson
Brantley Craig
Managing Editor
Rebecca Rine
Editorial Board
Rumee Ahmed
Jason Byassee
Kevin Hughes
Randi Rashkover
Sarah Snyder
Founding Editor
Peter Ochs
Reason, Scripture, and War:
Introduction
Brantley Craig and Jacob Goodson
I. War and the Text: Reasoning through the Scriptures on War
Qur'an 4:75 and 8:1, 41 in the Context of Muslim Discussions of War
John Kelsay, Florida State University
Rescuing the Wretched: Between Universal and Particular Readings of Q. 4:75
Rumee Ahmed, Colgate University
The Limits of Collectivity
Martin Kavka, Florida State University
II. Reflective Responses
Rescuing the Oppressed Doesn't Just Spoil War
Omar Ha-Redeye, University of Western Ontario
War and Fighting: Response to Kelsay, Kavka, and Ahmed
Randi Rashkover, George Mason University
Scriptural Reasoning and War: A Response to Ahmed and Kelsay
Peter Dula, Eastern Mennonite University
III. Postscript
A Conversation on Peace and War after Scriptural Reasoning
Jacob Goodson, University of Virginia
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School