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How Should Christians Respond to an Islamic Invasion?
by Matthew Hamilton The Battle of Vienna by Frans Geffels (Photo credit: germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org) Even though Muslim groups in Nigeria like Boko Haram have been murdering Christians in a campaign...
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Is Christian Charity Merely Ambulatory?
By Keith Pavlischek Of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the great Christian ethicist and ordained United Methodist Paul Ramsey famously asked: What do you imagine Jesus would have had the Samaritan...
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Proportionality once again
(photo: Business Insider) By Keith Pavlischek A blogger who goes by Theonerd thinks Israel is “carpet bombing” Gaza and is “waging an unjust war.” For a decidedly more expert opinion on that subject...
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Press Release: Religious Left Charges U.S. Drone Policy on Autopilot
(photo credit: washingtonpost.com) May 31, 2013 Contact: Jeff Walton 202-682-4131 “The pacifist Religious Left is again denouncing drone strikes against terrorists without offering plausible...
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IRD Press Release: As U.S. Considers Military Action in Syria, What Does Just...
IRD PRESS RELEASE The Institute on Religion and Democracy September 13, 2013 Contact: Jeff Walton 202-682-4131, jwalton@TheIRD.org As U.S. Considers Military Action in Syria, What Does Just War...
View ArticleDistorting Christian Just War Teaching
Keith Pavlischek September 27, 2012 Just war teaching has become more popular recently but are “theorists” getting it right? (Photo credit: Civil War Hikes) The central tenet shared by both seamless...
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The Ghost of Congress’ Past: Foreign Policy and Just War Theory
Criticizing the current Congress and administration. Reminiscing about the old days. Cracking biting jokes about colleagues. What more do you expect when former congressmen get together? On June 5, the...
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Is ISIS Prompting Reappraisal of Pacifism and Just War?
Institute on Religion and Democracy Press Release August 21, 2014 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org “Christian thinking has to offer both hope...
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IRD Announces New Christian Ethicist on War & Peace
Institute on Religion and Democracy Press Release May 11, 2015 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org “In our day, the interaction of faith and...
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Catholic Panel Goes Nuclear on Deterrence
On May 7, 2015, the Carnegie Council Events hosted a session entitled From Nuclear Deterrence to Disarmament: Evolving Catholic Perspectives. The unanimous opinion of the speakers was best summed up by...
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War is Not Hell
Last week I commented on the missed opportunity concerning the recent article on moral injury in Christianity Today to counter, or gesture to those who do, the position that war is morally injurious by...
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Imitate Saint Patrick by Evangelizing Your Enemies
American Christians should take a lesson from Saint Patrick this campaign cycle. Shrill calls to annihilate the enemies of America have gained a lot of traction in certain corners of presidential...
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Will Catholic Nonviolence Conference Negate Church’s Just War Teaching?
Institute on Religion and Democracy Press Release April 14, 2016 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org “However likely to fail, Providence takes...
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Lessons from Church and Society at GC2016
After the first week of the United Methodist General Conference, I was tempted to write a Dave Barry-esque column on the sometimes ridiculous petitions submitted to the committee I observed (Church and...
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Not Blessed are Pax Christi’s Radical “Peacemakers”
As previously analyzed by Juicy Ecumenism, an April Pax Christi International Vatican gathering proclaimed in opposition to centuries of Christian teaching that “there is no ‘just war.’” This...
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PCUSA General Assembly 2016: Divestment, Pacifism, and Apologies
The Presbyterian Church (USA) wrapped up its biannual General Assembly last Saturday. Liberals largely got their way, passing numerous progressive resolutions. Delegates agreed to explore divestment...
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Is America Guilty on Atomic Anniversary?
Institute on Religion and Democracy Press Release August 7, 2017 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org “Every step Truman could have taken seems...
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Christianity & National Security: Exploring Government’s Divine Vocation
Institute on Religion and Democracy Media Advisory September 19, 2017 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org “There is so much confusion across the...
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Lefty UMC Lobby Office Seeks Peace with North Korea
The United Methodist Church’s controversial General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) hosted a three-day “Peace on the Korean Peninsula” forum last week in Washington, D.C. One particular panel...
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Mark Charles: Church Has “Prostituted Itself Out to the Empire”
For several years now, Native American activist Mark Charles has spoken at churches and campuses across the United States, decrying America as built on racism. Most recently, while speaking to...
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