Here Mennonite scholars from a variety of disciplines highlight this Mennonite distinctive. At times informally, now often more formally, Mennonite communities have sought and found ways to express mutual compassion in times of need. Includes notes and hundreds of bibliographic references, including a special select bibliography of mutual aid. Theology Women Peace Racism Willard M. Swartley effectively demonstrates how the Bible can be used for authoritative guidance on social issues. Includes introduction, appendices, and index.
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Perhaps none is more thorough or persuasive than Rene Girard's. These scholarly essays engage this question at multiple levels. Especially Girard's theories on sacrifice and imitation are critically examined in these significant contributions to Girardian scholarship which culminate in a response by Girard himself. Addressed as well in Violence Renounced are kingship and servanthood, the relation between the Testaments on sacrifice and atonement, and such basic themes as the human primal nature, the shape of new creation in Jewish and Christian reality, and feminist perspectives on Girardian theory. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.