Reinhold Niebuhr and the Problem of Paradox
Against pacifist sentiment and calls for isolationism, Reinhold Niebuhr insisted on a realistic Christian response to political crises, one willing to dirty its hands to avoid catastrophic evil. However, his dialectic between love and justice produces a catastrophic paradox.
Marc LiVeccheJuly 7, 2017
Doing Violence to Scripture
Christian pacifism became untenable for me because the God who punished, killed, and destroyed in the Old Testament remains the God of the New Testament.
Daniel StrandJuly 6, 2017
A Church Faces Its World
This article about the viewpoints of Christians & the Church in response to World War II was originally published in Christianity & Crisis on June 15, 1942.
Christianity & Crisis MagazineJune 30, 2017
Will Christianity Survive in the Middle East? A Christian Perspective
It is imperative that we understand that a Middle East devoid of Christians and other religious minorities would be a tragedy—a tragedy not only for Christians and others who have lived in the Middle East for centuries, but a tragedy for an outward-looking and tolerant Islam.
Kent R. HillJune 22, 2017
Paradigm Lost: Review of Haass’ A World in Disarray
With his novel concept of sovereign obligation in A World in Disarray, Richard Haass makes an important advance in the search for peace in a disoriented world. But its advances fall short, unable to grasp the essential moral quality of world order.
Matt GobushJune 12, 2017
On the Proper jus of the Just War Tradition
Why is the just war tradition seemingly so easily abused?
Marc LiVeccheApril 25, 2017
The Libya Intervention: A Just War Unjustly Disowned
It is said that victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. In the case of NATO’s military intervention in Libya six years ago, both sides of the adage seem to apply.
Matt GobushApril 19, 2017
The Syrian Airstrike: Measured, Discriminate, & Just
A necessary punitive act watched by China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia.
Daniel StrandApril 7, 2017
