Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and

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.

John Howard Yoder taught at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and was later professor of theology and ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is known especially for his influential book The Politics of Jesus.Theodore J. Koontz (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of ethics and peace studies at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. Andy Alexis-Baker is pursuing a doctorate in theology/ethics at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

Editors' Preface	p. 7
Author's Preface	p. 15
Introduction	p. 19
Refining Our Typology on the Ethics of War	p. 27
The Pacifism of Pre-Constantianian Christianity	p. 42
The Meaning of the Constantinian Shift	p. 57
The Logic of the Just War Tradition	p. 75
Criteria of the Just War Tradition	p. 88
Interpreting the Just War Criteria	p. 95
The Career of the Just War Theory	p. 105
The Peace Dimension of Medieval Moral Concern	p. 130
The Nonviolence of Rabbinic Judaism	p. 137
The Pacifism of the First Reformation	p. 144
Anabaptists in the Continental Reformation	p. 161
The Peace Vision of Enlightenment Humanism	p. 196
Quakerism in the Puritan Reformation	p. 219
Quakerism in Early America: The Holy Experiment	p. 240
Pacifism in the Nineteenth Century	p. 253
Liberal Protestant Pacifism	p. 271
Reinhold Niebuhr's "Realist" Critique	p. 285
Mennonites after Niebuhr	p. 299
Biblical Realism and the Politics of Jesus	p. 309
Other Biblical Themes	p. 321
Just War Thinking Revived	p. 333
The Lessons of Nonviolent Experience	p. 353
Ecumenical Theologies of Revolution and Liberation	p. 369
Varieties of Contemporary Catholic Peace Concern	p. 393
Ecumenical Conversations	p. 401
Study Guides	p. 419
General Bibliography	p. 458
Scripture Index	p. 461
Subject Index	p. 463
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