The U.S. attack on Venezuela presents a moment to examine the continuing relevance of just war theory—especially since it is ...

It has now been ten years since the Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder died. Yoder remains most remembered for his book The Politics of Jesus and for providing a profound grounding for a Christian ...

As war and terrorism rear their ugly heads, it’s useful to recall basic moral arguments about war and peace. The just-war theory teaches that it is wrong to deliberately target noncombatants. So, the ...

The concept of just war, which has guided Catholic teaching on war and peace since the fourth century, has become "devalued as a moral instrument" due to its application in modern conflicts, said ...

Palestinians inspect damages in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, following a Hamas surprise attack at Beach refugee camp, in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters) “Are ...

Michael Walzer has argued in a New York Times opinion piece that Israel’s “pager attack” on thousands of Hezbollah operatives throughout Lebanon was “an act of terrorism,” since it failed to respect ...

Many Christians believe Israel's war against Hamas is a "just war" and that the state of Israel must exercise a right to self-defense in response to the atrocious attacks of October 7. Leaders ...

The hoary doctrine of “proportionality” from the “just war” theory is being sorely tested by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. The premise of this theory, as first expounded in the West by ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Ministering to second-generation Haitians ...

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How do we know what nations intend when they wage war? Scholars of the just war tradition have tended to assume that belligerent nations intend whatever their heads of state say they intend. But this ...

On the 75th anniversary of the United States entering the Korean War, CU Boulder war and morality scholar David Youkey discusses the cost of the ‘forgotten war’ Seventy-five years ago this month, on ...