- Help me with my homework on the religious right!

Hello Dear Peacenikers;

As an assignment for my Beatitudes Society fellowship this week, I am supposed to write up a short report of the religious right’s theological backing for its political issues, focusing on one issue in particular, and my chosen issue is WAR. So, I’m going to right a sermonette in the mindset of a pastor who supports rightwing policies, who is trying to explain why a war on Iraq is theologically justified (and morally requisite) as a Christian. We have talked about how actually ending (this) war will need to require us to break down the very belief that war is necessary because violence makes us safe. I figure you all have good ideas about what this mentality is and what religious beliefs ground it. What other ideas might you have about the right’s theology of war? Any random thoughts help, and I’ll weave them into my reflection. Post a comment here, and I’ll read it to make me wise.

Thanks!