Background
Laarman, Edward John was born on February 22, 1949 in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. Son of Jay Edward and Georgie Lucille (Sikkema) Laarman.
(Modern warfare has not only intensified old moral issues ...)
Modern warfare has not only intensified old moral issues but raised new ones. Nuclear Pacifism: «Just War» Thinking Today is a study in «just war» Christian thought about the moral problems of nuclear war and deterrence. Dr. Laarman describes and evaluates the statements of theologians, philosophers, church leaders, and others from the 1950's to 1981. He focuses on authors who represent three positions: «nuclear pacifists» who on moral grounds call for unilateral nuclear disarmament; «counterfore» advocates such as Paul Ramsey who claim that some types of nuclear war and deterrence can be justified; and those who think that a nuclear «bluff» can be justified for the sake of deterrence. Dr. Laarman concludes with an analysis of the crisis which nuclear weapons have posed for the tradition of just war thought.
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Laarman, Edward John was born on February 22, 1949 in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. Son of Jay Edward and Georgie Lucille (Sikkema) Laarman.
Bachelor, Calvin College, 1970. Bachelor's Degree, Calvin Theological Seminary, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Notre Dame, 1982.
Visiting assistant professor, Goshen (Indiana) College, 1982-1983; visiting assistant professor, U. Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1983-1984; visiting assistant professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1984-1985; minister education and witnessing, Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, since 1985. Secretary Classical Home Missions Committee, Grand Rapids, 1987-1990.
(Modern warfare has not only intensified old moral issues ...)
Married Joan Rae DeJonge, June 18, 1971: children: Joel Edward, Benjamin John.