The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder

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2001

Authors

Carter, Craig A., 1956-

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Keywords

Yoder, John Howard
Barth, Karl
Anabaptist
Christology
Eschatology
Constantinianism
Ecclesiology

Citation

Carter, Craig A. The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos Press, 2001.

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I. Historical context of Yoder's thought -- Yoder and the recovery of the Anabaptist vision -- Yoder and the theology of Karl Barth -- II. Christology as the source of Yoder's social ethics -- Yoder's narrative, postliberal Christology -- Classical orthodoxy and social ethics -- III. Eschatology as the context of Yoder's social ethics -- Yoder's partially-realized eschatology -- The heresy of Constantinianism -- IV. Ecclesiology as the shape of Yoder's social ethics -- Yoder's believers' church ecclesiology -- The social witness of the church.

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Brazos Press

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The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder

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