1st Edition

Building the Institutions of Peace Swarthmore Lecture 1962

By J. Duncan Wood Copyright 1962
114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

The pacifist principle, so cogently expressed in the Declaration to Charles II, has led succeeding generations of Quakers to consider the application of this principle to international affairs. William Penn’s ‘Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe’, which proposes international machinery for keeping the peace, is the first of a series of Quaker contributions to a body of thought... Read more

Preface.  Biographical Note.  1. The Cave on Mount Horeb  2. From Penn to U.N. – Profit  3. From Penn to U.N – Loss  4. The Sands on which Peace has to be Built  5. East v. West v. the Rest  6. The Dilemmas of International Co-operation  7. The Small Voice of Prophecy.  Appendix I: Extracts from William Penn’s "Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe" (Chapters VII and VIII).  Appendix II: List of Abbreviations used in the Text.

Biography

J. Duncan Wood