John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718893948 ISBN 13: 9780718893941

Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2015

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Essays on the Mennonite theologian John Yoder's emphasis on the centrality of the narrative of Jesus to his theological method and pacifist ethics. 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.

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J. Denny Weaver is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Bluffton (Ohio) University. His other books include Keeping Salvation Ethical (1997); Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity (2000); Teaching Peace (co-edited with Gerald Biesecker-Mast, 2003); Becoming Anabaptist (2nd ed, 2005); Defenseless Christianity (co-authored with Gerald J. Mast, 2009); The Nonviolent Atonement (2nd ed, 2011); and The Nonviolent God (2013). He has lectured on atonement theology in the United Kingdom, the Congo, and Germany. He lives in Wisconsin.

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• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0718893948
• ISBN 13: 9780718893941
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 436
• Herausgeber: Weaver J. Denny
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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