Web Editorial: The Justice of Just War and the Exceptionalism it Requires A Response to Barack Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech on 9 December 2009 |
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| Daniel M. Bell, Jr. Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC. USA. The Rev. Dr Daniel M. Bell, Jr. is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. He recently published Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church Rather than the State (Brazos, 2009). |
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| Posted: 2010-01-19 | More... |
Web Editorial: Caritas in Veritate, Not Your Father’s Social Encyclical |
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| Dr. Tobias Winright, a Catholic moral theologian who teaches in the Department of Theological Studies and directs the Ethics Across the Curriculum Program at Saint Louis University, highlights some of the major themes of Benedict XVI's social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, and considers areas of both continuity and possible new--maybe even more theological--directions this monumental document exhibits. | |
| Posted: 2010-01-06 | More... |
Web Editorial: A Mainly Unhappy Update on the US Torture Debate - David P. Gushee |
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| Dr. David Gushee provides an update on the U.S. torture debate, both the modest gains of the Obama Administration and the daunting work that lies ahead. | |
| Posted: 2009-08-27 | More... |
Web Editorial: MORE OF THE SAME? |
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We are pleased to publish the first of our Web Editorials. Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl examines whether President Obama’s new approach to the Muslim world is genuine or just more of the same.MORE OF THE SAME? By Dr. Khaled Abou El FadlAfter eight years of boorish, war-mongering speeches and policies by the Bush administration, there is no doubt that President Obama’s ecumenical speech in Cairo fell upon warm ears. Obama spoke to Muslims as human beings, and Muslims who have grown so accustomed to being caste into the archetype of the counterpoint—the archetype that helps define the West by being its anti-thesis—were jubilant. Once again, Muslims learned that they can never enjoy the kind of privileged “unbreakable bond” that is exclusively reserved for the VIP members of the Western club, but Muslims were jubilant to learn that they are not members of the caste of lowly untouchables. In his typically dignified and studious demeanor, Obama told Muslims that he respects their faith and culture, that he does not approve of religious bigotry and that he recognizes that Muslims have made numerous contributions to world civilization......... |
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| Posted: 2009-06-12 | More... |
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