Discipleship As Political Responsibility - Softcover

Yoder, John Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0836192559 ISBN 13: 9780836192551

Publisher: Herald Press, 2003

Synopsis

Both of the essays in this book originated in 1957. The first concerns the state in the New Testament. The second deals with following Christ as a form of political responsibility.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Discipleship as Political Responsibility is an invaluable resource for helping us understand Yoder's challenge to Mennonite and non-Mennonite alike." -Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke University

John Howard Yoder went to Europe after the Second World War as a young volunteer. He worked as an aide in a children's home in Elsace, France and completed his doctorate under Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland. Because of his incomparably clear and sharp thinking, Yoder quickly became one of the most sought after speakers on pacifism at seminars as he worked toward an Anabaptist renewal of the church.

In this context, Yoder succeeded in reopening the theological debate on Christians and political responsibility with the larger church to which persecution had put an end 400 years earlier.

Biblical scholar, Timothy J. Geddert has translated two of these lectures, originally given in German, as a resource to understand Yoder's invitation to begin an exploratory journey that leads to Jesus Christ's peace church.

About the Author:

John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) taught ethics and theology as a professor at Notre Dame University and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He received his doctorate from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and was a member of the Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Herald Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0836192559
• ISBN 13: 9780836192551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70