Aug 21, 2020 • 56M

Episode 6: The Cross, The Grail, the Ring and the Just War

 
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Kenaz Filan
History, Politics, Religion, Philosophy, and Culture while the barbarians gather outside the gates. The fires will be coming soon. Violins not provided.
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As our government teeters and our populace becomes increasingly polarized, many fear war is on the horizon. Some of us have realized it is already here. How can we wage a just war? How can we work for a just peace? And how can we fight monsters without becoming monsters ourselves? Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (Prima Secundae Partis) https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2.htm Kenaz Filan, "Toward the Unknown Shore" https://europaschildren.com/2020/08/09/toward-the-unknown-shore/ "What We Know of the Ring" https://europaschildren.com/2020/08/10/what-we-know-of-the-ring/ Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Just War Theory” https://iep.utm.edu/justwar/ Eric Patterson, "Just War Theory and Terrorism" in Providence Magazine (Summer 2016) https://providencemag.com/2016/11/just-war-theory-terrorism/ "St. Joan of Arc" at Catholic Online http://catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=295 Gene Wolfe, "The Best Introduction to the Mountains" http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20040113063643/http%3A//home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kenaz-filan/message