Influential evangelical authors argued warriors should override civilian control in judging wars just

Evidence

Weber and Boykin also took a swipe at civilian control of the military. Determining the morality of war was best left to warriors themselves: “Despite their considerable pontification on the subject, philosophers aren’t necessarily the best judges of what makes a war just.” Warriors had “a unique perspective of the nature of warfare,” and they were the ones who should decide “what makes war just.” Moreover, God himself had “a special place in his great heart for warriors and their soldiering”—after all, his son Jesus was “a truly exceptional warrior.” Both Christian theology and “this constitutional republic” reserved “a high and honored place for the warrior.” — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 557

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s central thesis that militant masculinity became the organizing center of white evangelical identity, and echoes the ‘Jesus as warrior’ strain seen earlier in chapters on the warrior Jesus. — connects to: Evangelical militarism inverted the traditional civilian-control-of-military ideal — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 522; Leading evangelical theologians embedded militarism and border nationalism in biblical political teaching. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 538; Evangelical support for military might fused theology with masculine power — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 260 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Evangelical militarism inverted the traditional civilian-control-of-military ideal — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 522; Leading evangelical theologians embedded militarism and border nationalism in biblical political teaching. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 538; Evangelical support for military might fused theology with masculine power — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 260 (+1 more)