Gregory Boyd
Myth of a Christian Nation
God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict
Craig A. Carter
Rethinking Christ and Culture: A Post-Christendom Perspective
Richard B. Hays
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
Shane Claiborne:
Jesus for President
Stanley Hauerwas
A Hauerwas Reader (ed. Berkman/Cartwright)
The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics
Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why We Can't Wait
Strength to Love
Mark Kurlansky
Nonviolence: The Radical History of a Dangerous Idea
A. J. Muste
Collected Essays (ed. Hentoff)
Glen Stassen
Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context
John Howard Yoder
The Politics of Jesus
What Would You Do?
The Original Revolution: Essays on Christian Pacifism
Walter Wink
Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament
Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces that Determine Human Life
Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium
Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way
Comments (6)
What a good choice to start with? Hopefully less political.
@Mister_DNA@xanga - I'll bring Kurlansky's history of nonviolence to RP on Tuesday. He's the guy who wrote the world history of salt and the world history of cod - an interesting guy. It's a good basic overview of the ideas - though a secular presentation - and deals with common objections like, "What about the Nazis?"
Well, I kinda see the Nazis as a... gathering of people.
Thanks, looking forward to it.
I'm fascinated by the fact that I have read a good number of these books. I must be drawn to this subject (being a poli sci major in college, working in politics now, and being a believer). It amazing to me that I spent most of my life (most of it was as a non-believer) trying to toe the line of the Just-War doctrine, to now be one of the biggest advocates for peace and beatitudinal living. That's the transformative work of Christ. Kind of cool for me to think about what He has done in my life. :)
have you read anything by jim wallis? his writing encompasses all areas of social justice including peace and nonviolence :]
also: the political teachings of jesus, by tod lindberg, is good.
you know what else? i think what this list is desperately missing is some female authors.