Practicing the Politics of Jesus: The Origin and Significance of John Howard Yoder's Social Ethics

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Practicing the Politics of Jesus: The Origin and Significance of John Howard Yoder's Social Ethics
by Earl Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781931038430 (2007) 276pp
Publisher: Cascadia
£15.25

'Practicing the Politics of Jesus' holds potential to be the definitive book on John Howard Yoder's social ethics. Through a treatment of Yoder's thought that is insightful and sophisticated yet surprisingly accessible given the profundity of the issues being analysed, Zimmerman lays out the relevance of the politics of Jesus for people committed to the power of God's transforming love. As foreword writer John Paul Lederach mentions, the book reads almost like a novel - because Zimmerman has managed skillfully to how Yoder's personal and church-related narratives helped shape his theology.

"This book is a treasure. It would be worth having for no other reason than its being a well-told tale of an unusually complex life story. Beyond that, it provides at least a partial answer to the most heartbreaking response to Yoder's call to pacifism: 'Yes, we want to follow Jesus, but it's just not practical.'" --Nancey Murphy, Author (with George F. R. Ellis), On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics

"This fine book will be indispensible for future interpreters of Yoder's theology and ethics." --Craig A. Carter, Author, The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder

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