On the importance of a drawn sword: Christian thinking about preemptive war—and its modern outworking

This is the author's PDF version of an article published in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics© 2007.This article discusses the just war tradition.This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

Book Review: Daniel M. Bell, Jr., Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church rather than the State

From his conversations in church settings and classrooms, Daniel M. Bell, Jr. has observed that Christians by and large do not know the church’s just war tradition very well, but that they are receptive to learning about it. Most theologians would likely agree that they know a number of Christians who are hungry to see better thinking and more effective action in response to war in our time. Bell, a Lutheran seminary professor and ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, wrote this book to interpret ‘the just war tradition in terms of concrete practices that might contribute to the church’s ability to make faithful moral judgments regarding justice in war then live out those judgments’ (p. 15). This project is needed, he thinks, because a public-policy mode of just war reasoning has eclipsed a church-based mode, even among Christians

Letter from the Editor: OATA Special Issue 2023

Letter from the Editor Thank you for viewing the OATA Annual Meeting Special Issue of the Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: The Official Journal of the OATA. This is our 9th year working in conjunction with the OATA Annual Meeting to open a new volume of the JSMAHS. This special issue would not be possible without the Managing Editor, Cole Dearing and the OATA Research and Grant Subcommittee Members who spend time and pour in effort to provide highly critiqued blinded peer review of the OATA Free Communication Abstracts. Those members include: Stacey Busser, Akron University, Matthew Brancaleone, The Ohio State University, Chrysten Gessel, Mariette College, Dennis Gruber Ashland University, Matt Kutz Florida International University, Shelley Payne, Otterbein University, Janet Simon (Co-Chair) Ohio University, and Jenny Toonstra Bowling Green State University. Over the last 9 years the JSMAHS has continued to grow and expand its publication portfolio and peer review team. The JSMAHS is supported by the Bowling Green State University Libraries specifically, Emily Gattozzi and the School of Applied Human Performance Dean, Dr. Dawn Shinew. Special recognition to the abstract authors having scored highest amongst peer reviewers: Professional Original Research: Shelley Payne, The Effect of Fatigue on Lower Extremity Joint Kinematics and Performance Student Original Research: Lauren Linn, Rates of Burnout Among Collegiate Athletic Trainers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Professional Critically Appraised Topic: Sara Stiltner, Efficiency of Corrective Exercise on Improving functional Movement within the Tactical Population: A Critically Appraised Topic Student Critically Appraised Topic: Cole Dearing, The Effect of instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Improving Joint Range of Motion in Active Individuals: A Critically Appraised Topic Last, growth of the JSMAHS would not be possible without the support of the OATA Membership, Executive Committee, and Editorial Board and Peer Review Team. Thank you all for your encouragement and continued support. We thank all presenters, authors, and reviewers. We look forward to the 2024 submissions! Sincerely, Sara Stiltner Editor-in-Chief Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: Official Journal of the Ohio Athletic Trainer Associatio

Radio Properties of the Auroral Ionosphere, Final Report (Phase I)

It has been found in recent years that a study of the fluctuations in the signals received from radio stars affords a powerful means of investigating the irregular structure of the ionosphere. In 1955 studies of this type, using frequencies of 223 Me and 456 Me, were initiated at the Geophysical Institute, with a view to investigating the smallscale structure of the highly disturbed auroral ionosphere. The purpose of this report is to present a complete description of the initial experimental arrangement. Further developments of the equipment and some results of analysis of the data have been presented in Quarterly Progress Reports covering the period since 1 June 1956, The report is divided into three sections. Section I contains a description of the basic philosophy of the experiment with an elementary discussion of the various parameters involved. Section II contains a brief description of the actual field installation, and Section III is devoted to the electronic design features. The diagrams pertaining to each section are located at the end of the section.Air Force Contract No. AF 30(635)-2887 Project No. 5535 - Task 45774 Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss Air Force Base Rome, New YorkABSTRACT AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- [SECTION I] Investigation of the Ionosphere Using Extra- Terrestrial Radio Sources : 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Extra-Terrestrial Sources ; Apparent Positions ; 1.3 Instrumental Techniques for the Study of Radiation from Radio Stars ; Interferometer Methods ; Advantages of the Phase-Switch Interferometer ; Interferometer Parameters ; 1.5 Limitations on Accuracy -- References -- [SECTION II] The Field Installation : 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 The Radio Telescope Towers ; 2.3 The Antennas ; 2.4 Acknowledgements -- [SECTION III] Electronic Design of Phase-Switch Interferometers : 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 223 Mc Phase-Switch Equipment ; 3.3 456 Mc Phase-Switch Equipment ; 3.4 Auxiliary EquipmentYe

Morality, Religion, and Public Bioethics: Shifting the Paradigm for the Public Discussion of Embryo Research and Human Cloning

Public ethics bodies play a major role in the development of public policies that govern scientific research and health care.\u27 Their tasks include weighing the ethical ramifications of forms of research, educating the public about the research and its likely benefits, and recommending directions for institutional practices and legal policies. Much debate about public ethics bodies has concerned the mode and level of their ethical reasoning. Should public ethics bodies develop substantive moral arguments on issues that are subject to widely divergent moral and religious interpretations, such as the status of the human embryo? To develop such arguments would, of course, require ethics panels to consider the ethical and philosophical arguments about the status of the embryo as well as arguments about the dignity of the human person, the symbolic and social value of procreation, and so on. Is this something we should expect ethics panels to do

A Taste of Armageddon: When Warring is Done by Drones and Robots

Discusses the increasing use of drones and weaponized robots. Argues that the international community must put firm ethical guidelines in place before the technology becomes rampant

The Challenge of Ethical Political Leadership

Without a solid ethical foundation to state governance, the process of developing and implementing sound public policy is weakened. In addition to the crisis of public confidence, which may turn voters away from politics in disgust, political scandals undermine the quality of the policymaking process. Connecticut needs watertight laws, vigorous oversight, independent voices, and an electoral process that does not pervert the information voters receive. The responsibility of citizens includes not only voting their consciences but pressing their representatives to put the electoral process and policymaking on a cleaner, more transparent foundation

The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on Ecuador\u27s Domestic Policy

In 1979, Ecuador became one of the first Latin American countries to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In this paper, I use Ecuador as a case study for analyzing the effectiveness of international human rights treaties on the countries that ratify them, looking specifically into the impact the CEDAW had on Ecuador’s domestic policies and action it has taken to expand women’s rights since 1979. I begin by giving a historical basis for the culture and political organization of the country due to colonization. I then articulate Ecuador as a leader in women’s rights for much of Latin America during the first half of the twentieth century, then examine the transition since the ratification of the CEDAW. I analyze not only the creation of the new Ecuadorian constitution in 2008 but also the strength of institutions intended to uphold the constitution and implement measures to protect women’s rights. I examine correspondence between the government of Ecuador and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. To further support my study, I analyze statistical data on women’s safety and ability to navigate society without barriers, such as education, employment, healthcare, ownership of property, economic stability, etc. Finally, I examine the role of political activism within Ecuador to determine if organizations and lobbying groups have progressed their political goals since 1979. [Poster not supplied by author.

What are America’s Obligations to Iraq after an Unjust War?

Since the goal of a just war is to restore a political condition of peace and justice, and since allowing a just war is always a mournful concession to the reality of injustice, a country that wins a war has post-bellum obligations to advance the common good within the losing nation and among the community of nations. It has the moral duty to make up for the damage it has caused, even if it was justified in causing that damage. (Note that the idea of a just war is not that war is a good in itself, but that it is justified in exceptional circumstances.) We have to do our best to help our country do right by Iraq. We have to stay informed and be unwilling to accept simplistic answers from our politicians. The better of the bad options will keep changing as events unfold. But for now, I say, this is no time to leave, but it is high time to redeploy. Reprint information was granted by The Journal of Lutheran Ethics for this article as it originally appeared in the August 2007 issue

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Pacifism, Just War and Peacebuilding, by Lisa Sowle Cahill (Book Review)

Lisa Sowle Cahill, a professor at Boston College, is one of the academy’s leading theological ethicists. Among her abiding interests has been the ethics of war and peace. In 1994, she authored Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, and Just War Theory (Fortress Press). That book served an influential role for a generation of students and scholars. It provided a substantive survey of the history of Christian thought on justifying war and promoting peace. It served as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, charting the development of Christian thought from Jesus’ teaching to twentieth-century theologians. Blessed Are the Peacemakers takes the earlier book as its “point of departure,” substantially expanding and revising it (ix). Of the ten chapters, three are entirely new, four are “so extensively rewritten as to constitute a new argument,” and the remaining three are significantly updated (ix). Cahill says this book has a dual aim: “to offer a critical historical understanding of the Christian traditions of pacifism and just war and to illustrate the promise of a newer approach sometimes called ‘peacebuilding’” (1)