The Original Revolution
Essays on Christian Pacifism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Philosophy, Christianity, Christian Life
| Author: | John Howard Yoder | ISBN: | 9780836197600 |
| Publisher: | MennoMedia | Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Herald Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Howard Yoder |
| ISBN: | 9780836197600 |
| Publisher: | MennoMedia |
| Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Herald Press |
| Language: | English |
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 set of values and its coherent way of incarnating them. Such a group is not only a novelty, but is also, if lived faithfully, the most powerful tool of social change.
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 set of values and its coherent way of incarnating them. Such a group is not only a novelty, but is also, if lived faithfully, the most powerful tool of social change.
