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# Shepherds 360 Session Handouts

## [Peacemaking, Just War, and Pacifism](https://www.shepherds360.org/en/handouts/peacemaking-just-war-and-pacifism)

** Oct 30, 2023 10:36:11 AM / by [Paul Copan](https://www.shepherds360.org/en/handouts/author/paul-copan)

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#### Written by [Paul Copan](https://www.shepherds360.org/en/handouts/author/paul-copan)

Paul Copan (Ph.D., Philosophy, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida. He also helped establish the new M.A. in Philosophy of Religion at PBA (start-up August 2021). For six years, he served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. He is author or editor of over 40 books, including works such as The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, A Little Book for New Philosophers, Is God a Moral Monster? and Is God a Vindictive Bully? He has also contributed essays to over 50 books, both scholarly and popular, and he has authored a number of articles in professional journals. In 2017, he was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. Paul and his wife, Jacqueline, have six children, and they reside in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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