Bodies of Peace
Download or Read eBook Bodies of Peace PDF written by Myles Werntz and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Myles Werntz |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781451489460 |
ISBN-13 | : 1451489463 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bodies of Peace by : Myles Werntz
Book excerpt: Bodies of Peace argues that Christian nonviolence is both formed by and forms ecclesial life, creating an inextricable relationship between church commitment and resistance to war. In this volume, Myles Werntz examines the work of John Howard Yoder, Dorothy Day, William Stringfellow, and Robert McAfee Brown, demonstrating how each thinker's advocacy for nonviolent resistance depends deeply upon the ecclesiology out of which it comes. The volume argues that any account of an ecclesially-informed resistance to war must be open to a multitude of approaches, not as pragmatic concessions, but as a foretaste of ecumenical unity.