A long Christian tradition has argued that the possession and coercive/physical use of nuclear weapons is morally indefensible and advocated nuclear disarmament. This article takes stock of what we now know about nuclear weapons and advocates a Christian responsibility to redirect initiatives from eliminating nuclear weapons to eliminating the hatred, fear and insecurity that creates a demand for them. It notes the small number of nuclear powers despite many states that could develop a nuclear capability and argues that the United States holds the most responsibility for their limited spread. It also notes that the tendency for nuclear weapons to provide otherwise elusive solutions to deeply pressing security challenges facing the nine nuclear powers means that these states will likely never eliminate them. The article advocates for the removal of the insecurity that generates the demand for nuclear weapons, and briefly illustrates how this might look like in contemporary North Korea.

基督教的悠久传统认为，拥有和强制/物理使用核武器在道德上是不可辩驳的，并主张进行核裁军。本文总结了我们现在对核武器的了解，并主张基督徒有责任将倡议从消除核武器转向消除对核武器的需求的仇恨，恐惧和不安全感。报告指出，尽管有许多国家可以发展核能力，但核国家数量很少，并认为美国对其有限的扩散负有最大责任。它还指出，核武器倾向于提供其他难以捉摸的解决方案来应对九个核大国面临的迫在眉睫的安全挑战的趋势，这意味着这些国家很可能永远不会消除它们。