Back in Iraq
Air strikes give the illusion of surgical intervention. But they are not unambiguous humanitarian acts.
Air strikes give the illusion of surgical intervention. But they are not unambiguous humanitarian acts.
In the current issue of the Century, Philip Jenkins writes about the fall of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, to the Islamic State/ISIS. Jenkins traces the area's deep Christian history, concluding that "we may be seeing the end of an astounding example of Christian continuity that lasted nearly two millennia."
Extremists seem to be in charge everywhere. ISIS has taken over a huge geographic area and forced Christians to leave their homes or convert.
Three faiths esteem Jonah, whom God sent to the city now called Mosul.