Just War Theory is Out. Gospel Nonviolence Is In

It is a frequent temptation in the United States today to underestimate the threat of nuclear warfare. The U.S. Catholic community has had an exceptionally difficult time coming to terms with this over the past couple of decades. Bishops who spoke out against nuclear arms in the past, like Raymond Hunthausen, Walter Sullivan and Thomas Gumbleton, have no real ideological heirs among the American episcopacy today. What place does nuclear resistance have in the church now? Who should take up the mantle in our time, and how should they go about doing it?