Thursday, October 19, 2023
Catholic and other Christian traditions have tried for centuries to develop ethical norms for when it could be just to go to war and how we are obliged to behave during war. Does the invasion of Ukraine require us to rethink some of the priorities and directions of Catholic Just War Theory and/or Christian non-violence? Does either tradition give us adequate guidance in the face of the reality of invasion?
This panel features David O'Brien, Professor Emeritus and Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies at 17³Ô¹ÏÍø, Andrea Bartoli, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Peacemaking Practice and President of the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue, and Laurie Johnston, Associate Professor of Theology at Emmanuel College and co-author of Can War be Just in the 21st Century?.