The Bush Administration asserts that there is a compelling moral case for a preemptive
war against Iraq. Yet over 100 leading Christian ethicists in America disagree. These
ethicists have signed a statement expressing their view that no such compelling case has
been made. Both pacifists and advocates of the just war ethic have signed this simple statement:
| Shaun Casey | Wesley Theological Seminary |
| Stanley Hauerwas | Duke University Divinity School |
| Lee Camp | David Lipscomb University |
| Gerald Schlabach | University of St. Thomas |
| John Mark Hicks | David Lipscomb University |
| Tobias Winright | Simpson College |
| Rodney Clapp | Brazos Press |
| Michael G. Cartwright | University of Indianapolis |
| D. Stephen Long | Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary |
| M. Therese Lysaught | University of Dayton |
| Dennis M. Doyle | University of Dayton |
| Cheryl Sanders | Howard University Divinity School |
| Margaret R. Pfeil | University of Notre Dame |
| Kelly S. Johnson | University of Dayton |
| Laurel M. Jordan | Middlebury College |
| Michael J. Gorman | St. Mary's Seminary & University |
| Sandra Yocum Mize | University of Dayton |
| Thomas Massaro, S.J. | Weston Jesuit School of Theology |
| Fr. Allyne L. Smith, Jr. | Mercy College of Health Sciences |
| Elizabeth M. Bounds | Candler School of Theology, Emory University |
| D. Brent Laytham | North Park Theological Seminary |
| Brad J. Kallenberg | University of Dayton |
| Roger Betsworth | Simpson College |
| Nancey Murphy | Fuller Theological Seminary |
| William T. Cavanaugh | University of St. Thomas |
| Rex Hamilton | Rochester College |
| Beth Newman | Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond |
| Daniel M. Bell, Jr. | Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary |
| Nancy Duff | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Gabriel Palmer Fernandez | Youngstown State University |
| Ronald H. Stone | Pittsburgh Theological Seminary |
| Peter J. Paris | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| William Schweiker | University of Chicago Divinity School |
| Glen Stassen | Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Rev. Scott Langford Decatur | Church of the Nazarene |
| Gene Outka | Yale University |
| John Langan SJ | Georgetown University |
| Jerry Gentry | |
| Andrew Gilman | Harvard Divinity School |
| David S. Cunningham | Seabury-Western Theological Seminary |
| J. Denny Weaver | Bluffton College |
| Christine E. Gudorf | Florida International University |
| Cynthia Crysdale | Catholic University of America |
| Christopher Dreisbach | St. Mary's Seminary & University |
| William M. Tillman, Jr. | Hardin-Simmons University |
| Ted Koontz | Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary |
| Gayle Gerber Koontz | Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary |
| Michael J. Gorman | St. Mary's Seminary & University |
| Max L. Stackhouse | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| George Hunsinger | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Brian D. Berry, Ph.D. | College of Notre Dame of Maryland |
| Scott R. Paeth | Albertson College of Idaho |
| Ray C. Gingerich | Eastern Mennonite University |
| Sondra Wheeler | Wesley Theological Seminary |
| Carol Robb | San Francisco Theological Seminary |
| Peter Gathje | Christian Brothers University |
| Tokunbo Adelekan | Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary |
| Karen Lebacqz | Pacific School of Religion |
| Emilie Townes | Union Theological Seminary |
| Eric Mount, Jr. | Centre College |
| Fr. Scott A. Benhase | St Philip's Church, Durham, NC |
| Michael M. Mendiola | Pacific School of Religion/Graduate Theological Union |
| Duane K. Friesen | Bethel College |
| Stacy L. Patty | Lubbock Christian University |
| Robin Steinke | Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg |
| Mark Thiessen Nation | Eastern Mennonite Seminary |
| Rev. Marvin Lindsay | John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, NC |
| Barbara Green | Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy |
| Martha Ellen Stortz | Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary |
| Paul Lewis | Mercer University |
| William Everett | Andover Newton Theological Seminary |
| Richard Gula | Franciscan School of Theology |
| Mikael N. Broadway | Shaw University Divinity School |
| Andrew S. Pak | Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary |
| William Kooi | Oklahoma Christian University |
| Joel James Shuman | King's College |
| David Little | Harvard Divinity School |
| Darryl Trimiew | Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School |
| Chris Noyes | First Presbyterian Church, Beaver Falls, PA |
| Roger Shinn | Union Theological Seminary |
| Virginia Landgraf | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Daniel Maguire | Marquette University |
| Allen Verhey | Hope College |
| Fr Paul Surlis | St John's University, NY |
| Michael Duffey | Marquette University |
| Stephen Charles Mott | |
| Judith Mayotte | Marquette University |
| Thomas Hughson | Marquette University |
| Jame Schaefer | Marquette University |
| Patrick Carey | Marquette University |
| James Childs | Trinity Lutheran Seminary |
| Franklin I. Gamwell | University of Chicago Divinity School |
| Steve Bouma-Prediger | Hope College |
| Tim Beach-Verhey | Davidson University |
| Richard B. Miller | Indiana University |
| Alan Johnson | Wheaton College |
| Miguel De La Torre | Hope College |
| Richard B. Hays | Duke University Divinity School |
| Edward R. Sunshine | Barry University |
| James W. Lewis | Anderson University |
| Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz | Drew University |
| James B. Ball | Saint Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas |
| Charles Curran | Southern Methodist University |
