Not exact matches
Our discussion a couple weeks ago
about Peter Enns and his interpretation of the
genocide of the Canaanites got me thinking once again
about how Scripture informs our conscience and
how our conscience informs our interpretation of Scripture.
It is, at least, apparent that the debates
about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade,
about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases,
about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the
Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,»
about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently,
about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.
How do I keep myself from talking
about genocide when someone just wants me to pray for their sick dog?
«Schindler's List» gives us information
about how parts of the Holocaust operated, but does not explain it, because it is inexplicable that men could practice
genocide.
I am passionate
about making the connection between
genocide and
how we treat one another in our schools and communities.
Cartoonist Jen Sorensen once drew a strip titled «
How to get Americans to care
about genocide,» which...
The historical backdrop is present and acknowledged where it affects the life of these two individuals, but there is no exposition or authorial intrusion to explain to the reader
how the Eastern Front came
about or
how the Nazi Party embarked upon the
genocide of the Jews.
Cartoonist Jen Sorensen once drew a strip titled «
How to get Americans to care
about genocide,» which included «Darfur: The Movie, starring Russell Crowe as an aid worker.»
Irreconcilability of war memories is the subject of two works: Baghdad ~ born Paul Qaysi's Misprints are purposely blurred images of U.S. military activity in Iraq, which provoke questions
about how news organizations represent war; the Vietnamese transnational artist Oinh Q. Le's untit led photo - weavings from The Hill of Poisonous Trees situate the haunting memories of the Cambodian
Genocide in relation to the Khmer Empire's artistic accomplishments.
And
how about the 10 million annual deaths that are first order - effects of poverty each year... Let us call name them in turn, the Oxfam Slaughter, The Sustainability Massacre, the UNFCCC Mass Killing, the Save the Children Butchering, and the Friends of the Earth
Genocide... and so on.