ABSTRACT
This chapter first discusses the homicide in the context of worshipping. Homicide as fratricide is an abominable crime, in theological language a mortal sin. Criminal statistics show that in many cases of capital crime the victim and the offender knew each other. The chapter shows that usually it is the family and the social ties between near relatives that nourish the feelings of caring behaviour that make up the affiliative ties between human beings and create community. The stronger these affiliations, the more atrocious the violation of them. The chapter looks also for a theology of children. The children are concerned with the issue of God in the context of war and peace from the perspective of 'good' and 'evil' and where the evil comes from, facing the question of how to attribute the evil and thereby hinting at the issue of 'theodicy'.
