Bodies of Peace : Ecclesiology, Nonviolence, and Witness /

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This book argues that Christian nonviolence is both formed by and forms ecclesial life, creating an inextricable relationship between church commitment and resistance to war. Examining the work of John Howard Yoder, Dorothy Day, William Stringfellow, and Robert McAfee Brown, this book explores how e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Werntz, Myles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Project Muse, 2014
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pacifism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Nonviolence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : ecclesiology, nonviolence, and the claims of war
  • War, church, and the plurality of witness
  • The church as nonviolent : John Howard Yoder, dialogical nonviolence, and the church's performance
  • The church forming nonviolence : Dorothy Day, the mystical body, and the logic of tradition
  • The church as naming nonviolence : William Stringfellow, the powers, and the word's renewing work
  • The church supporting nonviolence : Robert Mcafee Brown, CALCAV, and worldly ecumenicity
  • Conclusion.

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