A philosopher and a business leader have a friendly debate about whether it makes sense to speak of God having a strategy for the human race. What might a divine strategy look like, in light of the biblical portrait of God and the historical record of religions that claim to carry out God's strategy? With so much violence in our religious history, can there be a divine strategy of peace rather than war--where our religions do not strategize to defeat their enemies but to bless them? In other words, could God have a strategy that overcomes rather than continues the legacy of Cain and Abel? If so, to what future might it point us?

Phillip Cary is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern University, near Philadelphia. He is the author of several books on St. Augustine as well as a commentary on the book of Jonah. Jean-Francois Phelizon was CEO of a large corporation headquartered near Philadelphia. His numerous books cover topics in strategy, economics, and linguistics.