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as caring for widows and orphans as opportunities arise, the church witnesses, says Yoder, to the fact that an alternative to a society based on violence or the threat of violence has been made possible by the life, death, resurrection and teachings of Jesus. The Kingdom of God comes to rule in a different way, by one heart at a time yielding to the love of God. Yoder claims that the church thus lives in the conviction that God calls Christians to imitate the way of Christ in his absolute obedience, even if it leads to their deaths, for they, too, will finally be vindicated in resurrection.
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an ongoing, transparent process of institutional accountability which the president along with the board chair initiated, including work with the historian who will provide a scholarly analysis of what transpired. We will respond more fully once the historical account is published. We also support the planning of an AMBS-based service of lament, acknowledgement and hope in March 2015.
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As an AMBS Board, we lament the terrible abuse many women suffered from John Howard Yoder. We also lament that there has not been transparency about how the seminary's leadership responded at that time or any institutional public acknowledgement of regret for what went so horribly wrong. We commit to
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Likewise, Yoder argued, the primary responsibility of Christians is not to take over society and impose their convictions and values on people who don't share their faith, but to "be the church." By refusing to return evil for evil, by living in peace, sharing goods, and doing deeds of charity such
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With a desire to contribute to the larger church discernment process and to own the specific responsibility of the seminary, the AMBS board in their October 23–25 meeting approved a statement acknowledging the pain suffered by women who were victimized by Yoder:
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ran an article discussing the allegations, quoting one of the complainants Carolyn Heggen who claimed that more than 50 women "said that Mr. Yoder had touched them or made advances." The article also discussed the recent formation of a support group for victims.
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acknowledged in a statement from 2014 that sexual abuse had taken place and it had been tolerated partly because he was the leading Mennonite theologian of his day and partly because there were not the safeguards in place that there are today.
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community of disciples of Jesus – who has been the ultimate motivational force in human affairs. When a Christian church in the past made alliances with political rulers, it was because it had lost confidence in this truth.
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Yoder sexually abused over 100 women during the 1970s and 1980s while at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. The abuse was widely rumored, but not acted upon even when board members became aware of the numerous accusations.
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More recently, the Mennonite church and Christian peace theologians are actively trying to come to grips with the sexual abuse – and apparent institutional cover-up – which taints the legacy of John Howard Yoder.
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suggested he believed he was the innocent scapegoat of a conspiracy. Upon the conclusion of the process, the church urged Yoder "to use his gifts of writing and teaching."
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was the most faithful approach for the disciple of Christ. Yoder argued that being Christian is a political standpoint and that Christians ought not ignore that calling.
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In bringing traditional Mennonite convictions to the attention of a wider critical audience, Yoder reenergized stale theological debates over foundational Christian
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first reported on the allegations June 29, 1992. The seminary has acknowledged Yoder's crimes against women and has apologized for not acting on them at the time.
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Christ. After showing what he believed to be inconsistencies of Niebuhr's perspective, Yoder attempted to demonstrate by an exegesis of the
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Seminary leaders held an AMBS-based gathering, including a Service of Lament, Confession, and Hope on the weekend of March 21–22, 2015.
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Anabaptism and Reformation in Switzerland: An Historical and Theological Analysis of the Dialogues Between Anabaptists and Reformers
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In 1992, media reports emerged that Yoder had sexually abused women in preceding decades, with as many as over 50 complainants. The
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to produce a complete report chronicling Yoder's sexual abuse and church responses to it, which was published in January 2015.
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Evangelicals and Liberation Revisited: An Inquiry into the Possibility of an Evangelical-Liberationist Theology
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the more worldly focused Church came to covet temporal power and political influence. Yoder called this the
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of the Mennonite Church for allegations of sexual misconduct. Yoder's writing in the unpublished 1995 book
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Weaver, Alain Epp (1999). "After Politics: John Howard Yoder, Body Politics, and the Witnessing Church".
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Yoder died on December 30, 1997, one day after his 70th birthday. His personal papers are housed at the
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He called the arrangement whereby the state and the church each supported the goals of the other
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Dayton, Donald W. (2007). "An Autobiographical Response". In Collins Winn, Christian T. (ed.).
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Zimmerman, Earl (2015). "Oscar Cullmann and Radical Discipleship". In Weaver, J. Denny (ed.).
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From the summer of 1992 to the summer of 1996, Yoder submitted to the discipline of the
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did not mention any improprieties. Sixteen years after his death, in October 2013,
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Body Politics: Five Practices of the Christian Community Before the Watching World
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John Howard Yoder: Mennonite Patience, Evangelical Witness, Catholic Convictions
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articles detail extensive allegations of harassment of students and others.
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philosophy, which Yoder felt failed to take seriously the call or person of
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From the Margins: A Celebration of the Theological Work of Donald W. Dayton
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The Church Militant: Spiritual Warfare in the Anglican Charismatic Renewal
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The Fullness of Christ: Paul's Revolutionary Vision of Universal Ministry
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Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution: A Companion to Bainton
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Die Gespräche zwischen Täufern und Reformatoren in der Schweiz, 1523–1538
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A Declaration of Peace: In God's People the World's Renewal Has Begun
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Constantine Revisited: Leithart, Yoder, and the Constantinian Debate
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Constantine Revisited: Leithart, Yoder, and the Constantinian Debate
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perspective. He spent the latter part of his career teaching at the
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A simplified summary of John H. Yoder's book: The Politics of Jesus
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Of his many books, the most widely recognized has undoubtedly been
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The Death Penalty Debate: Two Opposing Views of Capital Punishment
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Nevertheless: The Varieties and Shortcomings of Religious Pacifism
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System and Story: Narrative Critique and Construction in Theology
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as the fifth most important religious book of the 20th century.
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Social Ethics in the Making: Interpreting an American Tradition
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The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
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Karl Barth and the Problem of War, and Other Essays on Barth
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Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture
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The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical
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What Would You Do? A Serious Answer to a Standard Question
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Park, Joon-Sik (2009). "Yoder, John Howard (1927–1997)".
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The historian Rachel Waltner Goossen was commissioned by
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Nonviolence: A Brief History – The Warsaw Lectures
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Preface to Theology: Christology and Theological Method
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Despite the allegations of abuse, Yoder's obituary in
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When War Is Unjust: Being Honest In Just-War Thinking
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The Original Revolution: Essays on Christian Pacifism
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Disciple (Christianity) § Radical discipleship
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Theology of Mission: A Believers Church Perspective
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Yoder rejected 558:Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary 417:Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary 2237:John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian 2103:. New York: Oxford University Press. 1852:John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian 1811: 1760:Klassen, Mary E. (December 5, 2014). 1441: 1418:"John Howard Yoder's Political Jesus" 1388: 1348: 1256: 1110:The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited 7: 2315:John Howard Yoder Digital Collection 1376: 1336: 950:The Christian Pacifism of Karl Barth 938:The Christian and Capital Punishment 770:adding citations to reliable sources 617:adding citations to reliable sources 456:adding citations to reliable sources 2356:20th-century Protestant theologians 1993:Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution 552:Yoder began his teaching career at 2401:Christian Peace Conference members 2341:20th-century American philosophers 1832:. 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