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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Werntz, Myles (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Md. : Project Muse, 2014
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Pacifism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Nonviolence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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