Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
Encyclopedia
The Journal for Peace and Justice Studies is a peer-reviewed
academic journal
produced by the Center for Peace & Justice Education at Villanova University
. The Center's interdisciplinary program focuses on issues of social justice and peace, and is informed by the Catholic
social tradition. The journal was established at Villanova in 1988. Notable contributiors include Daniel Dombrowski. Jean Bethke Elshtain, Virginia Held, George Hunsinger, and Kai Nielson. All issues are available online from the Philosophy Documentation Center
.
Peer review
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academic journal
Academic journal
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produced by the Center for Peace & Justice Education at Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
. The Center's interdisciplinary program focuses on issues of social justice and peace, and is informed by the Catholic
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
social tradition. The journal was established at Villanova in 1988. Notable contributiors include Daniel Dombrowski. Jean Bethke Elshtain, Virginia Held, George Hunsinger, and Kai Nielson. All issues are available online from the Philosophy Documentation Center
Philosophy Documentation Center
The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit publisher and resource center dedicated to providing affordable access to a wide range of materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines...
.