Torturous Reading At America Magazine

Accounting for Torture
'What are our moral obligations as disciples of a tortured God?'
Maryann Cusimano Love | MARCH 30, 2009

What does it mean to worship a tortured God? Many do not think of the crucifixion in the context of torture, but Christ was in fact tortured—in what would today be considered violations of the Geneva Conventions and Conventions on Torture. God became not just any human, but a person who was methodically tortured, stripped of his clothing, beaten by guards and forced into stress positions by the wood of the cross. Many of the methods used to torture Jesus were also used by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and military bases in Guantanamo and Afghanistan.

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For a "Bona Fide" Ignatian reflection read from the hand of St. Ignatius

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE SUPPER TO THE GARDEN, INCLUSIVE

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE GARDEN TO THE HOUSE OF ANNAS, INCLUSIVE

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF ANNAS TO THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS, INCLUSIVE

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS TO THAT OF PILATE, INCLUSIVE

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF PILATE TO THAT OF HEROD

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF HEROD TO THAT OF PILATE

OF THE MYSTERIES DONE FROM THE HOUSE OF PILATE TO THE CROSS, INCLUSIVE

OF THE MYSTERIES ON THE CROSS

OF THE MYSTERIES FROM THE CROSS TO THE SEPULCHRE, INCLUSIVE

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