JUST WAR (5)

The second standard for JUST WAR is JUST CAUSE, that is, why one wages war. While the two approaches to just war may have seemed close in the matter of authority, here we find substantial differences between the two strands of JUST WAR thinking. And while the two approaches share some of the same convictions [...]

What are the criteria with regard to a JUST WAR position? The first issue is that of authority: who may wage war and who determines if a particular war is just. We have seen that there are two strands of thinking regarding just war. When it comes to the question of authority, the two approaches [...]

If virtue and character are to guide us in our view of just war, then the Church must be in the forefront of the matter. It is the Church that Jesus has begun the work of redeeming all of creation. As disciples of Jesus, we need to recognize just war as a form of faithful [...]

There are at least two strands of thinking when it comes to a just war philosophy. Look on line, check with Amazon.com and you will find this to be the case. On the one hand, you will find just war as a matter of public policy; on the other hand, just war as Christian discipleship. [...]

We begin a new series and though I don’t usually give a name to a series of sermons, I have chosen to entitle this one “Living Faithfully in a Time of War.” I am indebted to as well as grateful to Daniel M. Bell, Jr. for his work in the book Just War as Christian [...]