For For readers who want a short history of nonviolence from his own lectures; not a technical work.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
Lectures on the history of nonviolence given in Warsaw in 1983, written for listeners new to the subject.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical4 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Lectures on the history of nonviolence that John Howard Yoder gave in Warsaw, Poland, in 1983, edited by Paul Martens, Matthew Porter and Myles Werntz and published by Baylor University Press in 2010. They survey nonviolent thought and action in history for an audience that had not met the subject.
