Karl Barth and the Problem of War

by John Howard Yoder

Year 1970
Type Book
Genre ethics
Tradition Anabaptist
Original language English

For For readers of Barth and of the ethics of war; not a general introduction to either.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 1 of 5 specialist interest
For the researcher: 4 of 5 important
Difficulty: 4 of 5 hard

A study of Karl Barth's ethics of war, which Yoder argues should have led Barth further, to pacifism.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 4 of 5
Scriptural 2 of 5
Experiential 0 of 5
Sociological 2 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A book by John Howard Yoder published by Abingdon Press in 1970. Yoder studied at Basel in the 1950s while Barth was teaching there, and here he examines Barth's teaching on war and peace, which came close to pacifism while leaving room for exceptions. He asks whether the exceptions are consistent with Barth's own theology. In 2003 Mark Thiessen Nation edited an expanded edition, Karl Barth and the Problem of War, and Other Essays on Barth, adding Yoder's other writings on Barth.

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Catalog IDW.Z9537X.X

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