Chrisitanity's view on War. (1 Viewer)

[Stomping Ground]

I would like some general information on the way Christianity has looked at War, mainly WW1 and WW2, as Vietnam War i have completley smashed into my brain, but I cant break down these 2 wars here. Conscription is also an issue (kind of, I know it pretty well) and Mannix I am fluent in
So basically I just need some information on how the view of the Churches (all really) differed on the wars and what their fundamental reason for their opinions was. Thanks for any/all help.

 

[acmilan]

Well it would be hard to sum up an entire Christian view on the matter, and come to think about it even giving a unified view of a particular denomination would be hard unless you generalise. Pacifist denominations would have been largely against both wars. Anglican and Catholic views are a little harder to give as a whole. You can generalise and say that much more agreed with WW2 than with WW1, reasons including that the war was closer to home, fighting against communist opposition etc. A key feature to also remember during WW1 was sectarianism, and the influences that may have had.

Its been a while, I hope this (or atleast most of it) is correct

 

[snapperhead]

there was discussionon on this in the HSC thoughts forum from last year re one of the multiple choice question

 

[Stomping Ground]

there was discussionon on this in the HSC thoughts forum from last year re one of the multiple choice question

Can you tell me where to find this?

 

[acmilan]

http://www.boredofstudies.org/commu...&pp=30&sort=lastpost&order=desc&daysprune=365

Thoughts on last years HSC. The discussion is in one of those threads. It resulted due to one of the multiple choice questions about the war and the differences in opinions.

 

[snapperhead]

see also
http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000247.cgi

very interesting

 

[snapperhead]

Can you tell me where to find this?

sorry I didnt get back to you. I was racing out the door as I was typing this (thought I had more time but no.....)