PREFACE<br >In the late sixties an enormous proliferation of interest<br >and imagery around the concern of Christians for social<br >change became evident， A new book dealing with "the<br >revolntion in theology" or " theology for the rev01u.<br >tion，" with puliticking as a theological concern or with<br >theology as a political event appeared almost every<br >week，<br > Despite some overlapping both in language and in<br >substance， the present publication is not to be under-<br >stood as arising out of or catering to the faddist ap-<br >proach to theology which most of this rhetoric repre-<br >sents. Some of the material included here was first<br >written well before this fad arose， and it is being pre-<br >pared for publication in the relaxed confidence that by<br >the time the book can reach the market its title will<br >no longer be in style.<br > There is a growing awareness in churches and sem-<br >inaries that the problem of war is at the heart of much<br >of the sickness of modern society， and a growing rec-<br >ognition that the traditional Christian approaches to<br >this problem， namely the just war and the crusade， are<br >becoming increasingly inadequate as sources of moral<br >guidance and are beginning to look as if they never i<br >