By way of a wee follow up to a recent post on ‘just war’ theory, I wish to draw attention to a talk, which I have only just gotten around to listen to, by Daniel Bell on ‘Just War and Christian Discipleship’, the subject of a book and of this pamphlet also by Bell. It’s a paper presented at Wheaton’s Theology Conference earlier this year on Christian Political Witness, and is available for download in both MP3 and MP4 formats.
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Hi Jason,
What do you think of this Just War as Christian Discipleship? I listened to his presentation last night, and found it very helpful … awash as it seems in a world of pacifism–which I am not, but in principle, yes. And that is, what I found stimulating about Bell’s presentation. It seems to be a principled Christian pacifist mode, but with the de facto realization that war might be a final consequence of things.
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Bobby, it’s a step in the right direction. My own views on the matter can be gleaned via my article ‘Church and Civil Society in the Reformed Tradition: An Old Relationship and a New Communion’, published in Reformed World 61, no. 3 (2011): 195–210.
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I will have to read that, Jason. Thank you. Although I am not sure my local theo library carries this journal ;-).
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