For For readers who want all his writing on the death penalty in one place; not a balanced survey of positions.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
All his writings against the death penalty, collected by John C. Nugent.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural4 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 collection of John Howard Yoder's writings on capital punishment, edited by John C. Nugent and published by Herald Press in 2011. It gathers his pamphlet The Christian and Capital Punishment (1961) with his later essays on the subject.
