For For readers interested in his engagement with revolution and the church in Latin America; not a first book.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
Lectures given in South America in 1966 on the church, revolution and Christian witness.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural4 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Lectures John Howard Yoder gave in South America in 1966, edited by Paul Martens, Mark Thiessen Nation, Matthew Porter and Myles Werntz and published by Cascade Books in 2011. They address the church's response to calls for revolution and its own witness, in a setting where those questions were pressing.
