About this episode

This episode revisits the classical Christian approach to the justification of war in light of recent events.

War is a horror – so how has Christianity, in its classical tradition, approached the human reality of war? Can it ever be justified on spiritual grounds? We looked at these questions in episode 55, ‘Just War’, back in 2021 - and given recent events, we thought now was a good time to revisit that episode.

People in this episode

Host: John Dickson

Topics covered

• war
• Christianity
• just war theory
• spiritual justification
• ethics of war

Keywords

• war
• Christianity
• just war
• spiritual grounds
• ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christianity

Books & works: Just War

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