Just War: A Pastoral Analysis of the Hidden Violence of State-Corporate Capitalism

This article enumerates and critiques the various forms of occult violence associated with the dominance of state-corporate capitalism in United States society. Ways of responding to these forms of violence are also considered. More specifically, using the political notion of care-understood existentially and theologically-I define violence, identify and critique forms of occult violence, and explore the principle of care in proposing possible ways of responding.