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GOD, MAN and WAR / History of War Why I Am Not a Pacifist by Daniel R. Heimbach, Senior Professor of Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina
NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Leadership Pursuing Strategy in the Wrong Language: The Consequences of Political Correctness By Reverend Wylie W. Johnson, D.Min., M.Div., M.S.S.; Chaplain (Colonel), U.S. Army Reserve, Senior Pastor of Springfield Baptist Church, Springfield, Pennsylvania and Command Chaplain for Military Intelligence Readiness Command (Editor's note 26 April: This paper is once again available for viewing.)
LEADERSHIP / Developing and Teaching Leadership Doctrine Beyond the Limits of Codified Morality: A Christian Military Ethic by Dr Peter Lee, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Airpower Studies (Academic) at Royal Air Force College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
"Most Popular" treatises, commentaries and reports on the following topics: Integrating Faith with Service in the Armed Forces/The Relevance of the Just War Tradition/ U.S. Army White Paper on the Profession of Arms and the Army Ethic--Collections of papers published in this Journal that examine the influence of religious, cultural, political, and military developments in the world as they affect military professionalism, ethical leadership, and decision making for national security operations in Western Civilization--and papers that explore the relevance of the Just War tradition to armed conflict, terrorism, and humanitarian operations today. (Also available in “Archives” in the Main Menu)

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Winter 2012

Commentaries on current events: A Lesson on Apology for Soldiers and Diplomats, by Chaplain (Major) Bruce Sidebotham, U.S. Army Reserve, D.Min., Why it's essential for political and military leaders to understand the rituals of apology in Muslim cultures--and the potentially disastrous results of not following those customs

Use the Koran to Control Afghan Anger by Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Senior Fellow and Chair of the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, Virginia, Why U.S. political and military leaders must know and use the passages in the Koran that could restrain Afghans from attacking and killing Coalition and Afghan Forces after the recent burning of the Koran in their country

GOD, MAN and WAR / God and Human Nature

Conservatism, Christianity, and the Revitalization of Europe by Lee Congdon, Professor Emeritus of History at James Madison University, Virginia (This paper was published in the Summer 2011 edition of this Journal and is listed again here because it relates so directly to the book reviews that follow.)

The Fall of the Modern Age? by Neil G. Robertson, Associate Professor at University of King's College, Halifax, a review of Icarus Fallen: The Search for Meaning in an Uncertain World, by Chantal Delsol

Republican Virtue, Imperial Temptations, by Richard M. Gamble, Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College, Michigan, a review of America the Virtuous: The Crisis of Democracy and the Quest for Empire, by Claes G. Ryn

The Moral Meaning of America, by Joseph R. Fornieri, Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, a review of Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point: Getting Right with the Declaration of Independence, by Lewis E. Lehrman

Equally Not Nothing by Peter Augustine Lawler, Professor of Government at Berry College, Georgia, a review of Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies, by David Bentley Hart

GOD, MAN and WAR / History of War Ancient Asymmetry in "Ways of War" Resurfaces in Clash with Political Islam, by Chaplain (Major) Bruce Sidebotham, D.Min.

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Decision Making How the U.S. Should Deal with the New Egypt, a commentary by Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Senior Fellow and Chair of the Study of Islamic Radicalism, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

LEADERSHIP / Practicing and Mentoring Leadership The Great Omission a commentary on praying for our troops and allies, by Major Kevin Cutright, U.S.Army

JFW Blog...When Loyalties Compete: Making the Right Choice, by the editor...What guides members of the armed forces when they face the dilemma of choosing between competing loyalties? At the Leavenworth Ethics Seminar in November 2011, two participants presented a paper on competing loyalties. They defined loyalty as...(select the link above to read the entire blog entry.)


Fall 2011

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Decision Making

J'Accuse II!--Responding to Growing Anti-Semitism Why Israel's naval blockade of Gaza is justified under international law, by Robert W. Ash, D.Jur., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, Associate Professor of Law, Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia

A Communique in Response to the U.S. 2011 National Strategy on Counterrorism by the American Islamic Leadership Council (AILC)

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Leadership Understanding the Religion Clauses in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by John Harmon McElroy, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, Arizona University

LEADERSHIP/Developing and Teaching Leadership Doctrine Why Modern, Liberal, Pluralistic, Secularist Democracies Cannot Educate Themselves by Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Humanities and the Trivium, Wyoming Catholic College, Lander, Wyoming

I expect to post other articles in this edition by the end of November. Send author's inquiries, original manuscripts, or suggestions for relevant content from other sources that should be republished in this journal to:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Also look at the new Journal of Faith & War Facebook page and join the conversation about the spiritual domain of national defense decision making and the leadership of military and security forces in the English-speaking nations of the world.


Summer 2011

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Leadership Commentary The Right to Be Wrong: For DADT Repeal to work, inclusion and respect must be extended to all by Colonel Al Shine, U.S. Army, Retired, and Colonel Don M. Snider, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D.

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Leadership The Religious Rights of Those in Uniform by Jay Alan Sekulow, D.Jur., Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and Robert W. Ash, D.Jur., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, Associate Professor of Law, Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia

GOD, MAN and WAR / God and Human Nature

Qur'anic Concepts of the Ethics of War: Challenging the Claims of Islamic Aggressiveness by Joel Hayward, Ph.D., Dean of the Royal Air Force College and Head of the Air Power Studies Division of London College
Conservatism, Christianity and the Revitalization of Europe by Lee Congdon, Ph.D, M.A., Professor Emeritus, James Madison University

GOD, MAN and WAR / The History of War The Boys of Pointe du Hoc, by Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the USA, remarks presented in Normandy at services on the 40th anniversary of D-Day


Spring 2011

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Decision Making The Role of Religion in National Security Policy since 9/11, by Chaplain (Colonel) Jonathan E. Shaw, U.S. Army, M.Div., S.T.M., Command Chaplain, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth

NATIONAL SECURITY / Strategic Leadership Religious Expression or Religious Coercion: Commanders Caught in the Crossfire, by Chaplain (Colonel) Jimmy M. Browning, U.S. Air Force, M.Div., D.Min., M.S., Deputy Commandant, U.S. Air Force Chaplains' Corps College

LEADERSHIP / Practicing and Mentoring Leadership
A Lesson on Apology for Soldiers and Diplomats, by Chaplain (Major) Bruce Sidebotham, U.S. Army Reserve, D.Min.

Scroll down to gain access to the major features that have been published in the Winter 2010/11, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 editions of JFW.

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2010 and 2009 Editions
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Winter 2010/11

GOD, MAN and WAR/God and Human Nature The Moral Foundations of Society by Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
GOD, MAN and WAR/The History of War Christianity, the West, and Just War in the Twenty-First Century, by Peter Lee, PhD, King's College London, Lecturer in Air Power Studies at Royal Air Force College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

NATIONAL SECURITY/Strategic Leadership The Problem of Assessing Torture by Daniel R. Heimbach, Ph.D., Professor of Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA

LEADERSHIP: Commentary DADT: A Christian Military Perspective by Major Jonathan C. Dowty, U.S. Air Force

NATIONAL SECURITY/Strategic Decision Making Thinking Seriously about Institutions, A review of On Thinking Institutionally, author Hugh Heclo (2008), by Andrew Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at North Carolina State University. This review was published in Modern Age journal, Spring 2010.
LEADERSHIP/Developing and Teaching Leadership Doctrine

The Army Profession of Arms, a U.S. Army White Paper

"Calling" and the Military Profession: Part 3 of 3, by Lieutenant Colonel Scott Frickenstein, U.S. Air Force

LEADERSHIP/Practicing and Mentoring Leadership Thinking Christianly about Career: A personal odyssey by Al Shine, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired

JFW Blog: Thinking about the Profession of Arms is an attempt to develop a dialogue about this White Paper. Send comments on the following question, or other related topics, to the editor This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it : "What are the spiritual beliefs and attitudes that undergird, shape and support the U.S. Army's Core Values, its ethic, its culture and its professional relationships and responsibilities? (You may also focus your responses on other services or other national armed forces.)


Fall 2010

GOD, MAN and WAR: God and Human Nature A Time to Stand: The Christian Faith and the Conflict of Civilizations by Os Guiness, D.Phil, Senior Fellow of the Trinity Forum
GOD, MAN and WAR: History of War

Ancient and Modern Nation Building: The Biblical Model for the American Experience by Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary for Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2001-2004

Freedom and Justice in Islam by Bernard Lewis, Ph.D., Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

LEADERSHIP: Developing and Teaching Leadership Doctrine "Calling" and the Military Profession (Part 2 of 3 parts) by Scott G. Frickenstein, Ph.D., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
LEADERSHIP: Commentary

Thoughts on a New Knighthood by Most Reverend Charles C. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

Paganism, Religious Freedom and Officership: A Christian Military Perspective by Major Jonathan C. Dowty, U.S. Air Force


Spring 2010 Edition

GOD, MAN AND WAR: God and Human Nature Biblical Perspectives on a Christian's Service in War by Al Shine, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired
LEADERSHIP: Developing and Teaching Leadership Doctrine

Creed and Culture in the American Founding by Bradley C.S. Watson, Ph.D.
"Calling" and the Military Profession (Part 1 of 3 parts) by Scott G. Frickenstein, Ph.D., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force

LEADERSHIP: Practicing and Mentoring Leadership

Influencing Security Operations across a Cultural Boundary by Bruce Sidebotham, Chaplain(Major), U.S. Army Reserve, D.Min
Shrinking in Christ: The Power of Selfless Service by Lee E. DeRemer, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Professor, Ethics and Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College

LEADERSHIP: Commentary The Witness of the Soldier Christian by Don M. Snider, Ph.D., Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, Faculty, U.S. Army War College

BOOK REVIEW: “Humanism on Trial” by Hugh Mercer Curtler, Ph.D. A review of The Wreck of Western Culture, by John Carroll, reprinted from Modern Age journal


Fall 2009: Inaugural Edition This journal focuses on the innately spiritual nature of leadership in the formulation and execution of national security policies in the English-speaking nations of the world. For more info on the Journal please see the items in “About JFW” in the Main Menu at left. Here is what we offer as we begin the first edition:

GOD, MAN AND WAR: God and Human Nature

The Problem of Universal Ethics for Christian Pacifists, by Professor Daniel R. Heimbach, Ph.D.
Religious Perceptions of the Just War and Military Ethics, by Colonel Ivar Hellberg, British Army, Retired

GOD, MAN AND WAR: History of War The Future of Western War, by Professor Victor Davis Hanson, Ph.D.

NATIONAL SECURITY: Strategic Decision Making Faith, Reason and the War Against Jihadism, by George Weigel

NATIONAL SECURITY: Strategic Leadership

Christianity, Virtue, and the Intelligence Profession, by Colonel Charles A. “Tony” Pfaff, U.S. Army

Reacting to the Coming Changes in “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), by Colonel Don M. Snider, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D.

LEADERSHIP: Developing Leadership Doctrine Story and Community: Vital Keys for a Christian Approach to Military Ethics in the 21st Century, by Reverend Dr. Victor Dobbin, Major General, British Army, Retired
LEADERSHIP: Practicing and Mentoring Leadership Pointing North: Lessons Learned by an Infantry Platoon Commander in Afghanistan, by First Lieutenant Patrick “Paddy” Bury

Book Review: The Abusive Exploitation of the Human Religious Sentiment: Michael Burleigh as Historian of “Political Religion,” by Professor Daniel J. Mahoney, Ph.D.


The views expressed in this journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations and institutions in which they serve--or of ACCTS, its governing board, and its staff.

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About the Journal of Faith and War
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by Don Martin Jr., Publisher and Editor

Welcome to the Journal of Faith and War. This journal focuses on the innately spiritual nature of leadership in the formulation and execution of national security policies in the English-speaking nations of the world.

Our era is increasingly characterized by religious skepticism, secularization and moral relativism in the West. Thus those who will govern, direct, educate, lead and inspire the defense and security forces of our nations need to integrate the truths of their faith into their judgments, decisions and actions.

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Call for Content
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We seek articles, monographs, reports, essays, commentaries and reviews for publication in future editions of this Journal. We publish both original manuscripts and reprints of previously-published articles that are relevant to the focus and scope of this journal. Send letters of inquiry or completed manuscripts to the following email address:

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Please read  the following articles in the
"About JFW" section of the Main Menu:

These guidelines offer a comprehensive understanding of the kinds of articles we are seeking.  We welcome manuscripts from those of major faiths who are committed to the ideals of the English-speaking nations and to the moral/ethical values of their armed forces. Potential authors should contact the editor with any questions about writing for JFW.

Instead of waiting for a complete edition of each issue of JFW before publishing it, we will publish articles as they are approved and ready. As each edition is completed, it will be placed in the JFW archives. We envision a period of three to four months for completion of each edition before it is placed in the archives. Also, the major categories of Journal content are accessible through the Main Menu on the home page.

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