Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

Author: John Howard Yoder

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2009-04

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1587432315

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One of the most important thinkers on just war and pacifism describes, analyzes, and evaluates various patterns of thought and practice in Western Christian history.


Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

Author: John Howard Yoder

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1441212876

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John Howard Yoder was one of the most important thinkers on just war and pacifism in the late twentieth century. This newly compiled collection of Yoder's lectures and writings on these issues describes, analyzes, and evaluates various patterns of thought and practice in Western Christian history. The volume, now made widely available for the first time, makes Yoder's stimulating insights more accessible to a broader audience and substantially contributes to ongoing discussions concerning the history, theology, and ethics of war and peace. Theologians and ethicists, students of Yoder's thought, and all readers seeking a better understanding of war and pacifism will value this work.


Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace

Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace

Author: Roland Herbert Bainton

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Any scholarship that addresses the evolution of Christian perspectives on warfare generally references this book. Although the scholarship of this work is now outdated and critiqued, Bainton's work is foundational in the area. Bainton believes that the Christian community started out pacifistic, then developed the just war doctrine, and finally adopted holy war ideals. He traces this trajectory from the Early Church up through the wars and conflicts of the 20th century (this book was written in 1960). Finally, Bainton adds his critique of current militaristic ideas (especially in regards to atomic warfare). This book is well written and written for all audiences, however, it is best to supplement this book with more recent scholarship to get current ideas on Christian perspectives on warfare.


Church and World

Church and World

Author: Simon P. Schmidt

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1532651546

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"In the world but not of it"--an expression that has been interpreted in a multitude of ways. With the publication of Rod Dreher's much-debated book The Benedict Option in 2017, the question of just how the church is to exist "in but not of the world" is once again on the minds of many. To provide answers true to the context in which the Western church now finds itself, it is worth first investigating how the question has been answered in the past. In determining what to do today, it helps to understand how we got here in the first place. At the beginning of the fourth century, people were persecuted for being Christians; by the end of the fourth century, people were persecuted for not being Christians. This book is an academic investigation of how three paradigmatic theologians interpreted this so-called Constantinian shift: Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 260-339), Augustine of Hippo (354-430), and John Howard Yoder (1927-1997). Surprising similarities between the theology of Eusebius and Yoder become apparent, and underlying theological structures of how to interpret what it looks like to be a community that follows Christ are revealed.


War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views

War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views

Author: Paul Copan

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1514002353

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In a world of war, terrorism, and constant threats to global stability, how should Christians honor Jesus Christ? Four experts in Christian ethics, political philosophy, and international affairs present four different views of just war, nonviolence, Christian realism, and church history, orienting readers to today's key positions.


Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace

Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace

Author: Roland H. Bainton

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1725221586

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Any scholarship that addresses the evolution of Christian perspectives on warfare generally references this book. first published in 1960. Although the scholarship of this work is now outdated and critiqued, Bainton's work is foundational in the area. Bainton believes that the Christian community started out pacifistic, then developed the just war doctrine, and finally adopted holy war ideals. He traces this trajectory from the Early Church up through the wars and conflicts of the 20th century. Finally, Bainton adds his critique of current militaristic ideas, especially in regards to atomic warfare. (from a review by Andrew Lumpkin)


Original Revolution

Original Revolution

Author: John Howard Yoder

Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.

Published: 2003-10-13

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0836197607

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Jesus created around himself a voluntary society that was counter to everything his society knew or expected. Jesus gave his members a new way to deal with offenders, with violence, with money, with leadership, with a corrupt society. He gave them a new pattern of relationships between man and woman, and an enlarged understanding of what it means to be human. This is the original revolution: the creation of a distinct community with its alternate set of values and its coherent way of incarnating them. Such a group is not only a novelty, but is also, if lived faithfully, the most powerful tool of social change.