A faith not worth fighting for

addressing commonly asked questions about Christian nonviolence

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A faith not worth fighting for

addressing commonly asked questions about Christian nonviolence

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Cascade Books
Language
English
Pages
243

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Why refusing to kill matters for Christian discipleship / Justin Bronson Barringer and Tripp York
Isn't pacifism passive? / C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell
What about the protection of third-party innocents? / D. Stephen Long
What would you do if someone were attacking a loved one? / Amy Laura Hall and Kara Slade
What about Hitler? / Robert Brimlow
Must Christian pacifists reject police force? / Gerald W. Schlabach
What about those men and women who gave up their lives so that you and I could be free? / Justin Bronson Barringer
Does God expect nations to turn the other cheek? / Gregory A. Boyd
What about war and violence in the Old Testament? / Ingrid E. Lilly
What about Romans 13: "Let every soul be subject"? / Lee C. Camp
Didn't Jesus say he came not to bring peace, but a sword? / Samuel Wells
What about the centurion? / Andy Alexis-Baker
Didn't Jesus overturn the tables and chase people out of the temple with a whip? / John Dear
What about the warrior Jesus in Revelation 19? / J. Nelson Kraybill
Conclusion: A faith worth dying for : a tradition of martyrs not heroes / Tripp York.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-243)

Published in
Eugene, Or
Series
The peaceable kingdom series -- v. 1, Peaceable kingdom series -- v. 1.

Classifications

Library of Congress
BT 736.6 .F35 2012, BT736.6 .F35 2012, BT736.6.F35 2012, BT 736.6 .F248

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 243 p. :
Number of pages
243

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25392205M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781610974998
ISBN 10
1610974999
ISBN 13
9781610974998
LCCN
2011277265
OCLC/WorldCat
795784275

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