Uneasy Truce Between War and Religion Realpolitik

Sunday HeraldApril 25, 2008

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THE relationship between religion and the bad business of war has always been a troubled one, especially for Christians. Can there ever be a just war? Does God only support the big battalions?

Is it possible to cross the Bible with the sword? Perhaps not in the Church of England where, to general astonishment, some parishes now refuse to sing "Onward Christian Soldiers", preferring "Onward Christian Pilgrims".

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Uneasy Truce Between War and Religion Realpolitik

Anyone seeking answers would have found little to comfort them in Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the US, which comes to an end today. On his arrival at the White House, the Marine Corps band and choir treated him...

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