Forbidden

Drew Christiansen, SJ, PhD, was Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Ethics and World Affairs, Georgetown University. He was lead editor of the award-winning companion to this book, coauthor of Forgiveness in International Politics: An Alternative Road to Peace (USCCB), and former editor-in-chief of America: The Jesuit Review. He was on the Holy See delegation to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.Carole Sargent, PhD, is author of an antinuclear activist biography, Transform Now Plowshares (Liturgical Press 2022), and coeditor with Drew Christiansen of this book’s companion volume. She is founding director of the Office of Scholarly Publications at Georgetown University.

• PrefaceIntroductionDrew Christiansen, SJPart I: How We Got Here1. From Deterrence to Abolition: The Evolution of Roman Catholic Nuclear EthicsWilliam Werpehowski2. Just-War Lessons We Should RememberTobias Winright3. Philosophical Debate on Nuclear DeterrenceGregory M. Reichberg4. The Moral Ecology of Deterrence and AbolitionWilliam BarbieriPart II: Witnesses5. Nuclear RealistsDavid Cortright6. The Testimony of WitnessesDaniel Hall7. Swords into PlowsharesCarole SargentPart III: Toward a World without Nuclear Weapons8. National Attitudes toward Nuclear DeterrenceJames E. Goodby9. 6 + 6 = 9: Law and Nuclear WeaponsDavid A. Koplow10. Abolition in the Context of General DisarmamentPierce S. Corden11. New Models: Building Capacities for Nuclear CooperationRichard A. Love12. Nuclear Abolition and Global Human NeedsLawrence J. KorbPart IV: Evolution of Just War13. Nuclear Disarmament: Ethical Challenges at or Near Zero Gerard F. Powers14. Just Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentMaryann Cusimano Love15. Peacebuilding and Nuclear DeterrenceDaniel Philpott16. Prophetic Indictment or Deliberative Discussion?Bernard G. PrusakPart V: Conscience Formation17. Formation of Conscience Regarding the Development, Possession, and Use of Nuclear WeaponsMargaret R. Pfeil18. Catholic Conscience and Nuclear WeaponsJoseph J. Fahey19. The Conundrum of Deterrence: A Practical Christian ResponseLisa Sowle Cahill20. Pastoral Accompaniment: Pope Francis’s Approach to the Human VocationDrew Christiansen, SJPart VI: Moral Education21. Reviving Disarmament EducationKelsey Davenport22. The Nuclear History Boot CampDavid Holloway23. Propaganda for Peace: Memes, Mass Moralizing, and the Great Game for a World Free of Nuclear WeaponsTheodore G. Dedon24. A World without Nuclear Weapons: Imagine It One Step at a TimeJohn Paul LederachPart VII: Responsible Actors25. The Ethics of Nuclear StewardsMaryann Cusimano Love26. In the Chain of CommandDrew Christiansen, SJ27. Responsible ActorsSusi Snyder28. The Condemnation of the Possession, Threat of Use, and Use of Nuclear Weapons: Reflections for Catholic Scientists and TechnologistsPierce S. Corden29. Morality Matters: A Parliamentarian Reflects on Nuclear DisarmamentDavid Lammy30. The Ethics of Manufacturing Nuclear WeaponsRamón Luzárraga31. The Responsibilities of “Enabled” Citizens for Integral Disarmament and Sustainable Human DevelopmentJames P. O’SullivanVIII. The Role of Lay Catholic Movements32. Organizing the Church for a World without Nuclear WeaponsKevin AhernIndexAbout the Contributors

Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by the team of Drew Christiansen, SJ and Carole Sargent, and of particular interest and relevance to moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagining a world free from nuclear weapons, Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons is a core and unreservedly recommended addition to professional, governmental, community, college, and university library Nuclear Arms Control and Religious Ethics collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.