John Howard Yoder
Subtitle: radical theologian
By: J. Denny Weaver, editor ; with Earl Zimmerman, Zachary J. Walton, Gerald J. Mast, Ted Grimsrud, and Glen Harold Stassen ; foreword by Marva J. Dawn ; afterword by Lisa Schirch
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781625645852
Description: John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian' shows that for John Howard Yoder both theology (in particular Christology) and ethics are expressions of the meaning of the narrative of Jesus. All such statements are relative to a particular context, so that theology and ethics are subject to reaching back to the narrative in order to restate the meaning in new and ever-changing contexts. This methodology is visible in Yoder's 'Preface to Theology', which has been little used in most treatments of Yoder's thought. Yoder has been characterised as standing on Nicene orthodoxy, criticised for rejecting Nicene orthodoxy, called heterodox, and designated a postmodern thinker to be interpreted in terms of other such thinkers. None of these characterisations adequately locates the basis of his methodology in the narrative of Jesus. Thus 'John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian' aims to go beyond or to supersede existing treatments with its demonstration that Yoder is a radical theologian in the historical meaning of radical (that is, as one who returns to the root) but also relates his theology to the personal accusations that clouded his later years. For Christian faith, this root is Christ. Parts II and III of the book explore the sources of Yoder's approach, and its application in several contemporary contexts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-411) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of contributors -- Foreword / -- Marva J. Dawn -- Preface / -- J. Denny Weaver -- Introduction / -- J. Denny Weaver; title: Christology: from the root  -- J. Dennny Weaver; title: Sixteenth-century Anabaptist roots  -- Earl Zimmerman; title: Harold S. Bender, Anabaptist vision, and the Goshen school  -- Zachary J. Walton; title: Oscar Cullmann and radical descipleship  -- Earl Zimmerman; title: Deconstructing Karl Barth  -- Gerald J. Mast; title: Jesus to Paul  -- Ted Grimsrud; title: The Free church as body politics  -- Earl Zimmerman; title: Pacifism as a way of knowing  -- Gerald J. Mast; title: A Nonviolent public ethic  -- Glen Harold Stassen; title: Interfaith conversations: Judaism to Islam to Hinduism  -- J. Denny Weaver and Earl Zimmerman; title: A Model in conversation with Black and evangelical theology  -- J. Denny Weaver and Gerald J. Mast; title: Reflections from a chagrined "Yoderian" in face of his sexual violence  -- Ted Grimsrud; title: Sin and failure in Anabaptist theology  -- Gerald J. Mast; title: Conclusion  -- J. Denny Weaver; title: Afterword: to the next generation of Pacifist theologians -- Lisa Schirch-- Bibliography-- Index.