John Howard Yoder was professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame until his death in 1999. He was the author of numerous works, including The Politics of Jesus (1972), What Do You Do? (1983), and When War Is Unjust (1984).
"In this collection of essays . . . John Howard Yoder presents a
powerful and provocative brief for the radical reformation as the
demonstratively classical form of Christian faith. Those who know
Yoder’s work will not be surprised by the stance, but will be
stimulated by the depth and rigor with which its foundations and
implications are explored. The radical reformation of free church
is, to Yoder, not a historical curiosity, a minor movement to be
respected or tolerated by the mainstream, but a paradigm for all
times and peoples . . . Yoder’s is a significant voice in
contemporary Christian thought." —Journal of the American Academy
of Religion
“The essays in this volume merit careful reading . . . because they
stimulate thought about how we should live as Christians in a world
that is no longer Christendom, and they will, by provoking
reaction, help us to consider how characteristic Lutheran emphases
(upon Jesus as Savior, not just Example or Lord; upon infant
baptism as a freely given grace in which one can grow; upon God’s
two ways of governing the world and preserving it against Satan)
may lead to a somewhat different social ethic.” —Concordia
Theological Quarterly
“In this collection of essays Yoder develops a constructive
alternative to Reinhold Niebuhr. Yoder’s case for Christian
nonviolence draws on Christological and eschatological connections
that reveal that any attempt to separate theology and ethics is
erroneous. Yoder may provide the kind of ecclesiology that Lindbeck
suggests we need.” —The Christian Century
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