For For readers who want the theological basis of his pacifism in its first form; not for someone new to the subject.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
An early, compact essay grounding Christian pacifism in the church's hope for the end of the age.
How it proceeds
Philosophic4 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A short essay by John Howard Yoder, issued as a 25-page Concern reprint in 1959. It asks what Christian peacemaking rests on if it is cut loose from the New Testament's hope for the coming of God's reign, and argues that the church's refusal of violence belongs to its place between the resurrection and the end of the age. The essay was later reprinted in his collected essays.
