Warring Over Conscientious Objection“I cannot serve because I am a Christian.” With those words, a 21-year-old Christian in the third century sealed his fate. According to the short work The Acts of Maximilian written shortly thereafter, the young man from modern Algeria found himself before Roman authorities who…
Word&Way News: March 24Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a look at claims that indicting Donald Trump is like crucifying him that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a report on controversies about Christian conscientious objectors to war in…
Word&Way News: March 17Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a look at the U.S. invasion of Iraq 20 years after its start that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a report from Puerto Rico. Support our journalism ministry by upgrading to a paid…
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