war on terror

  • Who Will Save Us? Torture As Soteriology

    U.S. Americans typically have responded to the release of the Senate Committee’s Report on Torture by debating either the morality or the efficacy of torture.  When opponents denounce torture as ineffective they do so because they believe that it does… Continue reading

  • On the Killing of Children

    “Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock.” — Psalm 137:9 “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”… Continue reading

  • What the War on Drugs and the War on Terror Have In Common

    What does it say about us as a nation when even the killing of sleeping children is incapable of making us change our course? As Amy Davidson of the New Yorker reports, U.S. led NATO forces have killed four Afghan… Continue reading

  • A Church that Does Body Counts

    According to the NYTimes, last Friday “A NATO airstrike targeting Taliban fighters Friday accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the southern province of Helmand, one of the most insecure regions in the country, Afghan officials said.” Sadly, despite searching for… Continue reading