Chaplain (Colonel) Timothy Mallard, command chaplain of US Army Europe, spoke about Dietrich Bonhoeffer during Providence’s Christianity and National Security Conference in November 2019. His remarks are his views and are not representative of the US Army or government.
The Uses and Abuses of War Language in a Pandemic
Talking about a pandemic like it is an armed conflict obscures the clear distinctions between military and medical ethics, leading to faulty judgments and potentially creating additional moral and material harm.
Debra EricksonMay 18, 2020
Who Can Be Killed in War? A Conversation with Joseph Chapa on the Just War Tradition
To what degree are combatants in war morally liable to be killed, and to what degree are their adversaries morally permitted—or obligated—to kill them? To discuss this, Marc LiVecche sat down recently with Major Joseph Chapa.
Joseph O. Chapa & Marc LiVeccheMay 5, 2020
Christian Realism and Fires that Won’t Go Away: A Review of William Brodrick’s A Whispered Name
William Brodrick’s “A Whispered Name” is a lyrical reflection on responsibility, judgment, grief, the elusiveness of justice, reconciliation, and human longing.
Marc LiVeccheMay 4, 2020
Blame Xi Jinping’s Regime for Mishandling COVID-19
Donald Trump should use the Oval Office or East Room to underscore the gravity and seriousness of what Xi Jinping’s regime has done.
Alan DowdApril 24, 2020
The Lamb and the Lion: Review of Boyd’s Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Gregory Boyd’s Crucifixion of the Warrior God attempts to argue that the Old Testament accounts of God’s “violence” are not true portraits of the character of God. In another era, this 1,445-page project would have been called heresy.
J. Daryl CharlesSeptember 19, 2019
Ep. 42: The National Conservative Divide — A Conversation with David French
Managing Editor Drew Griffin sits down with David French of the National Review to discuss his debate with Sohrab Ahmari, the future of American conservatism, and America’s proposed withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Drew GriffinSeptember 9, 2019
Providence Represents at the 2019 McCain Conference on Moral Injury
Providence executive editor Marc LiVecche and contributing editor Chaplain Timothy Mallard spoke on moral injury at the recent McCain Conference at the US Naval Academy.
Marc LiVeccheAugust 5, 2019
ProvCast Ep. 30: How Can Christian Ethics Save Lives?
Scholar and Ethicist Marc Livecche talks with Managing Editor Drew Griffin about Jean Bethke Elshtain, Moral Injury, and how Christian Ethics can save lives.
Marc LiVeccheMay 6, 2019
Remember Rwanda by Renewing the Responsibility to Protect
The international community should renew the responsibility to protect and empower regional organizations to uphold it. Such would be a fitting remembrance of the Rwanda genocide.
Matt GobushApril 24, 2019
