What Would You Do? A Serious Answer to A Standard Question

Yoder, John H.

ISBN 10: 0836133463 / ISBN 13: 9780836133462

Published by Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, U.S.A., 1983

About this Item

Covers scuffed and lightly edge worn. Pages very good. "As a peace-loving Christian, what would you do if someone attacked [a loved one]?.Mennonite theologian John H. Yoder explores the logic and illogic of a passive response. Viewpoints on the subject and examples from life are included ranging from Dale Aukerman to Leo Tolstoy, from Joan Baez to Tom Skinner.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Would You Do? A Serious Answer to A Standard Question
• Publisher: Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0836133463
• ISBN 13: 9780836133462
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

John Howard Yoder helps answer the age-old question, What would you do if someone was attacking your grandmother, husband, wife, daughter, or son?; Yoder provides a variety of responses to this classic question: his own thorough ethical analysis along with the answers given by other writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Dale Brown, and Dale Aukerman and a variety of real-life stories of people who have discovered alternative responses to violence.

From the Back Cover

Mennonite theologian John H. Yoder explores the pros and cons of nonviolent response. Viewpoints on the subject and examples from life are included ranging from Dale Aukerman to Leo Tolstoy, from Joan Baez to Tom Skinner.