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Peace Initiatives In Eastern Europe: Conscientious Objectors In The Ussr, Hungary And The Gdr, Lawrence Klippenstein

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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God's People In Socialism As Exemplified In The Gdr, Wieland Zademach

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Report And Reflections: The Sixth All-Christian Peace Assembly And The Way There, Richard Hough-Ross

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Hypotheses On The Nationalities Factor In Soviet Religious Policy, Pedro Ramet

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Editorial, Paul Mojzes

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The Sixth All-Christian Peace Assembly In 1985 In Prague: In Search Of Peace And Justice For All, Ingo Roer

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Soviet Books And Pamphlets On The Theme Of Atheism: Statistics And Crucial Points, Paul Roth

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"Candle In The Wind" - Film Review, Paul Mojzes

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The Role Of Brigham Young University In The Arab Development Society Dairy Project For Palestinian Orphans: A Case Study In Private Bilateral Foreign Aid, Daneil C. Olson

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The purpose of this study is to examine nine essential planning principles in the selecting and implementing an aid project. These nine principles will then be used to analyze BYU's involvement with the ADS dairy project. The project is presented from a historical viewpoint. An analysis is mainly given retrospectively at the end of the history of the BYU involvement phase of the project.

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Mormons, Lds Theology And The Nuclear Dilemma, Michael Henry Ballow

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LDS doctrine establishes three courses of action in conflict resolution: a) selective pacifism, b) action as proxy for God as prescribed under the doctrine of continuous revelation and c) absolute pacifism. Of these three, only absolute and selective pacifism are of practical use to the modern member of the LDS Church. Of the remaining two, government political decisions and technological momentum have moved current U.S. defense strategy and weaponry away from a defensive to an offense posture, thus invalidating the case of the selective pacifist and leaving only the absolutist's stand. Despite this development, however, the number of vocal pacifists …

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Elder Stephen L. Richards On Peace And War: An Examination Of Elder Richards' Views On The Causes Of War And His Prescription For Peace, Based On The Analytical Framework Contained In Kenneth N. Waltz' Man, The State And War, Gordon John Stirling

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In Man, the State and War, Kenneth N. Waltz claims that for a peace prescription to be valid, it must be based on a proper view of the causes of war. Waltz analyzes the validity of three basic causes of war: man himself, the characteristics of the nation-state, and the international system.

I have examined the views of Elder Stephen L Richards on peace and war in the context of the Waltz framework. Elders Richards believed that the failings of men were the primary causes of war. His prescription for peace was widespread acceptance of the Gospel. He disagreed …

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