an amazing book
Very few books hold me attentive as this one has in these days. It really is an amazing work. In this one work, he deals with not only non-violence in a positive way (what we are for not just against), but also the meaning of narrative, beauty, virtue & friendship.
This is a book within a book when one considers the footnotes alone. He not only references, but talks about more than 20 of his own books, in addition to 25+ other authors. For most of those authors, he references at least a couple of their books, but for some like Bonhoeffer and Yoder he references 10+ books of each, which is not surprising concerning the topic of the book. For someone to synthesize their own thought, let alone others (Bonhoeffer, Milbank, Yoder, Stout, etc.) in this manner is simply amazing. The man is brilliant and a real gift to all of us.
This book will challenge anyone who reads it. It is a conversion process to do so.
Crossposted on la nouvelle theologie
posted by Fr. D.L. Jones | 10:57 AM
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One could argue that this book is much more about Yoder than Bonhoeffer. In fact, he really deserves to be in the sub-title in lieu of Bonhoeffer. Sure, Bonhoeffer has the first two chapters, but after that Yoder dominants the discussion, either in the actual text or in the footnotes. Or as Isaac says above, it's a Bonhoeffer interpretation through the lenses of Yoder disciple.
Who had a greater impact in the thinking of Hauerwas? With no doubts, it's Yoder.
I'm not a "Yoderian" per se, but it's hard not to be after reading much of Hauerwas.
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