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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2026 · 44 MIN

Can war ever be justified?

from Oh God Now What · host PRX

The concept of a “just war" is foundational to Christianity, but lately we’ve seen it improperly used – or ignored. Even in his May encyclical, Pope Leo called the concept “outdated.” We’ll break apart “just war" with the first rabbi to have been designated a U.S. ambassador, Rabbi David Saperstein, and with Miroslav Volf, a Croatian Protestant theologian at Yale University.Subscribe on Substack Follow Niala on Instagram: @nialab

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