Jeremiah Wright critiqued Christian militarism as severely as Muslim jihad

Evidence

War, the military, colonization, occupation, regime change—none of these things would bring peace, Wright insisted. They would only bring more violence. Wright critiqued the “few Muslims” who called for jihad, but he also criticized Christians calling for “crusade,” Christians who condoned the killing of civilians, collateral damage, “shock and awe” tactics, preemptive strikes, and the unilateral takeover of another nation while secure in the notion that the ends justified the means, that God would bless their efforts. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 527

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts sharply with the Trump-era willingness of evangelicals to bless preemptive strikes and militarism the book has documented; also connects to the Wright controversy as a moment when anti-militarist religious critique was heard as blasphemy.