Turning Point

We know "holy war" as the jihad of Muslim extremists. But in the history of Christianity, too, there have been repeated calls for holy war against the infidels. Patriarch Cyril I is head of the Russian Orthodox Church (and former KGB agent). Cyril transfigures the Russian war of aggression into a Holy War against the West and is one of Putin's most ardent supporters.

The Russian Orthodox Church is also a member of the World Council of Churches, how does that square with Christian peace ethics? Why is religion repeatedly misused to justify imperialist striving for power? Prof. Dr. Bedford-Strohm, outgoing Bishop of the Protestant Church in Bavaria, will explore this fundamental question.

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