If Gitmo is “contrary to who we are,” to borrow Obama’s language, if EITs “caused immeasurable damage to the United States’ public standing,” to quote the Senate report, then what exactly is a drone war that metes out punishment based on guilt by association and amounts to execution without trial?
Alan DowdFebruary 9, 2016
At the GOP debate on Saturday night, several of the GOP candidates endorsed the integration of women into direct combat units. They should not have.
Marc LiVeccheFebruary 8, 2016
A Primer on Foundations: Justice, War, & the Protection of the Innocent
Marc LiVeccheFebruary 4, 2016
At the Church of England’s General Synod last November, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivered one of the most rousing calls to a truly Christian realistic approach to the civil war in Syria and the rise of Islamic radicalism in recent memory.
Daniel StrandFebruary 3, 2016
Last week a delegation of delightful South Korean students visited our office. They all stood respectfully when I arrived, took…
Mark TooleyFebruary 1, 2016
On the complex moral issue of war, one might expect to find a diversity of views in the history of Christian thought. Ron Sider disagrees. He’s wrong.
J. Daryl CharlesJanuary 29, 2016
Just war aims at peace. As Augustine argued, “Every man seeks peace by waging war, but no man seeks war by making peace.” We do not fight war for its own sake, or for revenge, profit, or prestige. The only conceivable rationale for waging war is to create a world of better, deeper, more lasting peace than the one that led to war in the first place.
Paul D. MillerJanuary 21, 2016
From the Print Edition
Marc LiVeccheJanuary 11, 2016
Historically, Christians have talked about the fall of Adam in conjunction with the origins of government.
Daniel StrandJanuary 7, 2016
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