Resources: Week 10/3-10/9/05
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarism- This wikipedia entry gives a thorough definition of "Militarism" and considers some of the history behind it. It also provides several links to examples of this phenomenon occurring in history.
2. http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=sojomail.display&issue=041124#3- This is an excellent article on terrorism, specifically focusing on the School of the Americas. It questions the sources of terrorism and considers a response to it.
3. http://www.afsc.org/about/mission.htm- The American Friends Service Committee is a branch of the Quaker denomination, but they also include others that are not from their denomination who are committed to their mission and values. This website is important to our topic because it is a group of Christ-followers who have put thoughtful work into responding to the issues of War, Terrorism, and Militarism.
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4314234.stm- This article is relevant, mainly because it is such a current statement of the situation we in the United States find ourselves in with our continued relationship with Iraq. Our Vice President describes the necessity of ongoing U.S. military presence in order to prevent terrorism.
5. http://costofwar.com/- This website is astonishing. I was a little hesitant to put it on here because I have not checked its accuracy. However, it still provides insight into the general sentiments of a portion of our population towards the war.
6. http://www.iep.utm.edu/j/justwar.htm- Here we are presented with an historical overview of the just war theory. This article gives a fairly concise explanation of the idea of just war.
7. George Weigel, "Moral Clarity in a Time of War," First Things, December 2002- This is an interesting article, where the author not only defends the just war position, but also challenges the reader to consider how the theory should be put into practice in our context now.
8. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jan/justwar/020125.justwar.html- This brief article summarizes the position of two different stances that Christ-followers have taken regarding war.
9. www.terrorism.com- This site keeps readers posted on the current status of terrorism and states the risk level that we are undergoing at the time. It lists hundreds of up-to-date articles on the subject.
10. God's Politics by Jim Wallis- Part 3 of this book specifically deals with the topics we are discussing. He considers what it means to be a Christ-follower and how that effects our view on international relations.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarism- This wikipedia entry gives a thorough definition of "Militarism" and considers some of the history behind it. It also provides several links to examples of this phenomenon occurring in history.
2. http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=sojomail.display&issue=041124#3- This is an excellent article on terrorism, specifically focusing on the School of the Americas. It questions the sources of terrorism and considers a response to it.
3. http://www.afsc.org/about/mission.htm- The American Friends Service Committee is a branch of the Quaker denomination, but they also include others that are not from their denomination who are committed to their mission and values. This website is important to our topic because it is a group of Christ-followers who have put thoughtful work into responding to the issues of War, Terrorism, and Militarism.
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4314234.stm- This article is relevant, mainly because it is such a current statement of the situation we in the United States find ourselves in with our continued relationship with Iraq. Our Vice President describes the necessity of ongoing U.S. military presence in order to prevent terrorism.
5. http://costofwar.com/- This website is astonishing. I was a little hesitant to put it on here because I have not checked its accuracy. However, it still provides insight into the general sentiments of a portion of our population towards the war.
6. http://www.iep.utm.edu/j/justwar.htm- Here we are presented with an historical overview of the just war theory. This article gives a fairly concise explanation of the idea of just war.
7. George Weigel, "Moral Clarity in a Time of War," First Things, December 2002- This is an interesting article, where the author not only defends the just war position, but also challenges the reader to consider how the theory should be put into practice in our context now.
8. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jan/justwar/020125.justwar.html- This brief article summarizes the position of two different stances that Christ-followers have taken regarding war.
9. www.terrorism.com- This site keeps readers posted on the current status of terrorism and states the risk level that we are undergoing at the time. It lists hundreds of up-to-date articles on the subject.
10. God's Politics by Jim Wallis- Part 3 of this book specifically deals with the topics we are discussing. He considers what it means to be a Christ-follower and how that effects our view on international relations.
posted by jessi marcus at 10:03 PM
2 Comments:
The article on the school of the America's is something I think that we really need to take a closer look at. Especially, there position of "not being liable for the graduates that come out of their schools." Also the site costofwar. can show where the U.S. real interests lie, especially concerning their monetary policies. Finally, the article on Moral Clarity makes a strong claim that the moral muteness stance is a moral stance, which the Realist in War does not want to admit. (The Realist is somewhat explained in my article)I think our biggest challenge is being able to really understand the plausibility of the Just War stance, and its relationship to Pacifism.
Jessi, nice job on the resources, for week 3 I would like to see the synthesis and analysis of the stuff you found in a post too. Thanks.
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