Monthly Archives: April 2011
[Book Review] Reasoning Together: A Conversation About Homosexualiy / by Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation
Reasoning Together brings two Mennonite theologians, Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation, into dialogue on an issue they disagree over – homosexuality. For Nation, the Bible’s witness on the issue is clear: homosexual acts are sinful; sex should only occur … Continue reading
Filed under Anabaptism, book review, ethics, sexuality
[Book Review] Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution / John Yoder
Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution John Howard Yoder; Theodore J. Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker, editors. Brazos Press, 2009. Reviewed by Nathan Hobby. Like Preface to Theology (2003), this book is the material for a unit Yoder taught, edited … Continue reading
Filed under book review, John Howard Yoder, pacificism
Catching up with Yoder: An Introduction
John Howard Yoder’s ideas are catching on as the rest of the world catches up to him. Yoder was always reframing theological conversations, insisting we had the wrong assumptions and the wrong questions. He has important things to say about … Continue reading
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Yoder the Sinner
Back in December, I edited a special edition of On The Road focusing on ‘Catching up with Yoder‘, as in the Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. I’ve been meaning to put up articles I wrote in it ever since, and … Continue reading
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Love Wins: A Review
Love Wins generated heated denunciations before it was even published. It is Jesus-filled, hopeful, and inspiring – and just as the conservatives warned, it points toward a (Christocentric) universalism – without quite unequivocally endorsing it. In typical Rob Bell style, … Continue reading
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