The sacrifices of war

ABC Religion and Ethics | 11 Nov 10

In his book War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges, a war correspondent, tries to explain why he became so addicted to war that he could not live without being in a war. War had quite simply captured his imagination, making it impossible for him to live “normally.” He ¢â‚¬ ¦

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War as the Sacrifice of the Refusal to Kill

ABC Religion and Ethics | 12 Nov 10

I think it is a mistake to focus – as we most often do – only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill. It may seem odd to call the sacrifice of our unwillingness to kill “a sacrifice,” but I will argue that  ¢â‚¬ ¦

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The Sacrifice of Christ and the Sacrifices of War

ABC Religion and Ethics | 14 Nov 10

In Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag, Carolyn Marvin and David Ingle claim that their book is a book about religion, specifically, the religion of American patriotism. They acknowledge that nationalism is not usually considered a religion, but th ¢â‚¬ ¦

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