Just War and Pacifism: Chinese and Christian Perspectives in Dialogue is a unique contribution to the field of peace studies. Unique, firstly in the range of texts studied, from ancient China to the Bible, using all the modern means of critical exegesis available. Unique also in its presentation of a way out of the dilemma of just war and pacifism by building on Confucian philosophy and the thought of the contemporary Jewish thinker, Emmanuel Levinas.