For For readers of Karl Barth asking how close his ethics came to pacifism; not for someone who has not read Barth.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
A short study of how near Karl Barth's ethics of war came to pacifism, later developed into a book.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A pamphlet by John Howard Yoder, published in 1964 as No. 5 of the Church Peace Mission pamphlets (30 pages) and reissued by Herald Press in 1968. Yoder, who studied at Basel while Barth was teaching there, examines how near Barth's ethics of war came to Christian pacifism. He developed the argument at book length in Karl Barth and the Problem of War (1970).
