With a ground war in Europe filling the news once again, this week Onsi, Colin, and Rhys discuss the long Christian tradition of "Just War" theory. Rather than discussing current events specifically, they take a step back to consider what the tradition has to say, and discuss whether just war theory is actually of any practical use to political leaders.

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Currently Reading
Onsi: Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age: 1798-1939 by Albert Hourani
Colin: A Grief Observed and The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Rhys: Cezanne by Ulrike Becks-Malorny

Texts Discussed
"Just War In Ukraine?" by Colin Redemer
Contra Faustum Book XXII by Augustine
City of God Book XIX by Augustine
Laws Book I by Plato
Summa Theologiae II.II.40 by Thomas Aquinas
Contra Celsum by Origen
"The Justice of the Present War Examined" by G.E.M. Anscombe
Battling to the End: Conversations With Benoit Chantre by Rene Girard
"Jesus and Pacifism: A Correspondence" by Myles Werntz and Andrew Fulford

Spotlight
Jesus and Pacifism: An Exegetical and Historical Investigation by Andrew Fulford