{"product_id":"whence-come-wars","title":"Whence Come Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWar always begins from within, \u003c\/b\u003efrom the heart of man. Before forces are mustered, weapons amassed, or battlelines drawn, the conflict has already arisen; the material and physical fighting and destruction which follow are but the extension of this initial, spiritual rebellion. “Man revolting against God,” declares Fulton J. Sheen, “is the miniature of the war of man revolting against his fellowman.” In \u003ci\u003eWhence Come Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheen bluntly reckons with both causes of war and what can constrain humanity from waging it. Neither ideology, nor economics, nor politics, compel one nation to fight against another, but rather the fruit of original sin—mankind’s fall from grace—sets brother against brother in warfare’s duel of death. The antidote to this poison, the cessation of conflict, can be found only in God: without the return to God and the rebirth of the spirit of prayer, mankind will not know peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1940, as the beginnings of World War II wreaked havoc across the globe, \u003ci\u003eWhence Come Wars \u003c\/i\u003eexamines bluntly and clearly the reasons for war, whether it can be waged justly or unjustly, and what are the proper remedies for the wounds which it inevitably inflicts.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat leads to war, what leads to quarrelling among you? I will tell you \u003cbr\u003ewhat leads to them: the appetites which infest your mortal bodies. \u003c\/i\u003e(Epistle of Saint James)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979), one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century, was an eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954482\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44817376804999,"sku":"978-1685954482","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/1082\/0999\/files\/Product249.jpg?v=1780920427","url":"https:\/\/bings.shop\/products\/whence-come-wars","provider":"BINGS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}