글렌 스타센(Glen H. Stassen)의 평화윤리 연구

Abstract

The persistence of wars and conflicts in the twenty-first century underscores the continuing urgency of peace ethics in both theory and practice. This study examines Glen H. Stassen’s peace ethics as an alternative paradigm that transcends both just war theory and pacifism, assessing its theoretical contributions and practical applications along with its limitations. Grounded in the tradition of Christian pacifism, the internationalist vision of his father Harold Stassen, and the ethics of the Bible and Jesus, Stassen advances four core components: just peacemaking, the “ten practices,” transforming initiatives and nonviolent direct action rooted in the Sermon on the Mount, and incarnational discipleship. These com- ponents collectively shape concrete and applicable frameworks for peacemaking. Stassen’s work offers an integrated paradigm uniting justice and peace, systematizes historically proven practices, and fosters multi-level networks from individuals to international institutions. However, it also reflects limitations, including insufficient engagement with power politics and structural injustice, the tension between theological particularity and public universality, insufficient attention to moral agency, and a Western-centric approach. While providing significant insights for contemporary Christian peace ethics, Stassen’s framework requires transformative reinterpretation and reconstruction to address multicultural realities.