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I plan to add modern interpretations of contemporary Christian views on violence. These contemporary views might focus on the "higher order" as Ted A. Smith wrote about in Religious Violence. From this article I can also add viewpoints on the desires of Jesus and his messages that can be applied to today's law and theory.

I can also examine the thought of "religiously justified violence" proposed by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in Must Christianity Be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology. Through this text we can examine previous acts of violence done in Christianities name and discuss whether it God's will or an act of man.

Through these two works and more in the future I can make an addition to necessary contemporary Christian violence and also add a more balanced account to historical acts of violence within Christitanity.

Works Cited

Smith, Ted A. "Religious Violence?: The Politics Of A Higher Law." The Christian Century 132.5 (2015): 24-27. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials. Web. 21 Oct. 2016.

Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack. "Must Christianity be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology." The Christian Century, vol. 121, no. 26, 2004., pp. 33-34https://ezproxy.callutheran.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/217246513?accountid=9839.

Higher Law

Higher law is often used to justify religious violence, but when it comes to discovering this higher law, it can either be mankind's imagination or the undefined higher law. When speaking of the higher law within Christianity it is often alluded to God's commands. Therefore when acting in the name of the higher law it is justified because this action was done in God's will. Hence, acting in violence according to the higher law can be seen as moral because it was done in God's fulfillment.

I like all of the sources that you are considering to bring in to the original wikipedia page, just do not let them skew the page in to looking as if it is biased, especially with the work by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. Hunter Santana (talk) 03:42, 5 November 2016 (UTC)