The United States launches a deadly war thousands of miles away in Iran. The “Secretary of War” frames the military attacks as aligned with “the providence of our almighty God.” The president threatens that “a whole civilization will die tonight” to pressure his Iranian adversaries to surrender.
Two Christian theological traditions can help guide faithful responses to such actions and rhetoric by the Trump administration, according to the three panelists in an April 15 webinar convened by The Episcopal Church’s Washington, D.C.-based Office Government Relations. Some theologians use a “just war” framework in analyzing government-sanctioned violence, while others argue for a pacifism rooted in Jesus’ teaching that Christians should love their enemies. To read more, click here
