A striking feature of the news media coverage of the current Gaza war has been its failure to relate this present conflict to its historical context
James Turner JohnsonJanuary 22, 2024
Understanding the Chinese idea of Just War is essential to understanding Chinese military doctrine.
James Turner JohnsonJanuary 19, 2023
Eric Patterson’s Just American Wars is not only a book about America’s wars. It is also a book about the ongoing moral effect of just war tradition on American values and behavior.
James Turner JohnsonOctober 3, 2019
There are three important reasons why Paul Ramsey’s “The Just War” should be remembered and read by those who haven’t yet encountered it, or reread by those who have.
James Turner JohnsonSeptember 30, 2019
Augustine’s influence runs deep and broad through Western Christian doctrine and ethics. This paper focuses on two particular examples of this influence: his thinking on political order and on just war.
James Turner JohnsonJanuary 3, 2018
No – though The National Catholic Reporter would apparently like you to think it is.
James Turner JohnsonApril 26, 2016
A three day conference in Rome, co-convened by a Vatican council and Catholic peacemakers groups, is taking another look at an old debate
James Turner JohnsonApril 12, 2016
In what follows I will first lay out some of the most important obstacles, the challenges they pose, their respective weaknesses, and some thoughts on opportunities they offer; then I will offer some thoughts on how best to bring Christianity into engagement with American foreign policy.
James Turner JohnsonJanuary 4, 2016
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