War is a counter church. It is the most determinative moral experience many people have. That is why Christian realism requires the disavowal of war. Christians do not renounce war because it is often so horrible, but because war, in spite of its horror, or perhaps because it is so horrible, can be so morally compelling. That is why the church does not have an alternative to war. The church is the alternative to war. When Christians no longer see the reality of the church as an alternative to the world’s reality, we abandon the world to war.Stanley Hauerwas
Political Power
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Most Christians still trust political power. They will often criticise the
abuse of power, but that often smuggle it in the backdoor so it can be used
to...
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