The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking

by John Howard Yoder

Publisher:

Brazos

, 2009

Overview

Before his sudden death, Yoder planned the essays and structure of The War of the Lamb, which he intended to be his last work. Now leading interpreters of Yoder bring that work to fruition. The War of the Lamb covers pacifism, just war theory, and just peacemaking theory. It crystallizes Yoder’s argument that his proposed ethics is not sectarian and a matter of withdrawal. Yoder also clearly argues that Christian just war and Christian pacifist traditions are basically compatible—and more specifically, that the Christian just war tradition itself presumes against all violence. Theology and ethics professors, students, and scholars will value this final work from Yoder.

Product Details

• Title: The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
• Author: John Howard Yoder
• Publisher: Brazos
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Nonviolence › Religious aspects--Christianity; Peace › Religious aspects--Christianity; Just war doctrine
• ISBNs: 9781587432606, 1587432609
• Resource ID: LLS:WRTHLMBTHCS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:54:39Z

About John Howard Yoder

John Howard Yoder (1927–1997) taught ethics and theology 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. Widely sought around the world as a theological educator, ethicist, and interpreter of biblical pacifism, he is best known for The Politics of Jesus, 2nd ed.. He is also the author of The Christian Witness to the State, The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical, and Nevertheless: The Varieties and Shortcomings of Religious Pacifism.