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Religion, Peace and Justice Key words
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- 1Amnesty InternationalA charity that works to promote humans rights around the world.
- 2AquinasSt Thomas Aquinas was a Roman Catholic Monk who devised some of the rules for the just war theory.
- 3AuthorityAlso known as vindication; punishing someone to show the authority of the law in society and remind others that the law works.
- 4CampaigningRaising awareness of an issue and trying to get support for your case.
- 5Capital PunishmentThe death penalty; killing someone as a punishment for a crime.
- 6Cold WarA war that is fought with words and not weapons.
- 7Conscientious ObjectorAnother name for a pacifist.
- 8Corporal PunishmentPunishing someone by harming them physically e.g torture.
- 9CrusadesAn example of a holy war, fought between Christians and Muslims in medieval times.
- 10DeterrencePunishing someone to show others they should not commit a crime.
- 11ExecutionAnother word for capital punishment.
- 12FineHaving to pay a fixed amount of money as a punishment.
- 13Geneva ConventionsAn agreement on how ill and wounded people should be treated.
- 14Holy WarA war declared and fought in the name of God or religion
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