Original Revolution: Essays on Christian Pacifism

by John Howard Yoder

Book Overview

Jesus created around himself a voluntary society that was counter to everything his society knew or expected. Jesus gave his members a new way to deal with offenders, with violence, with money, with leadership, with a corrupt society. He gave them a new pattern of relationships between man and woman, and an enlarged understanding of what it means to be human.

This is the original revolution: the creation of a distinct community with its alternate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083611812X
• ISBN13: 9780836118124
• Release Date: June 1971
• Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"