Augustine

This article about the morality and justification of World War II and the Church was originally published in Christianity & Crisis in 1942.

Because the U.N. does not have the power of the sword, the U.S. abstention in the recent U.N. vote has not weakened Israel at all; it has weakened the U.N.

In the Christian view, the normative grounding from which the tradition of just war casuistry springs is the dominical command to love.

This essay provides a brief overview of the just war tradition and then applies the framework to the problem of contemporary terrorism.

Under the next administration, Christians ought to seek the peace and prosperity of our nation by praying for its blessing as well as providing criticism.

The most glaring weakness in the Declaration, by my lights, is the failure to reckon with and address the kingship of Jesus Christ.

The notion of retribution or punishment has long been the scourge of social science. Christian thinkers should develop the distinction between retribution and revenge or retaliation.

Christian ethicists should read less moral theology and political philosophy and more history.

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.