<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>John Howard Yoder Archives - Stephen Barkley</title> <atom:link href="https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/john-howard-yoder/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/john-howard-yoder/</link> <description>Teacher | Writer | Practical Theologian</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:06:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5343192</site> <item> <title>What the Bible Really Says | John Howard Yoder</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/22/what-the-bible-really-says-john-howard-yoder/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/22/what-the-bible-really-says-john-howard-yoder/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[authority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[objecctivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[presuppositions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scholarship]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4748</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>If we may be freed by self-critical scholarly objectivity no longer to have to assume that the authority of the Bible resides in its saying things that we agree with, we may be free as well to hear more clearly what it really says instead of giving it credit for saying what we already think. [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/22/what-the-bible-really-says-john-howard-yoder/">What the Bible Really Says | John Howard Yoder</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/22/what-the-bible-really-says-john-howard-yoder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4748</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Church as Sample Humanity | John Howard Yoder</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/15/church-as-sample-humanity-john-howard-yoder/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/15/church-as-sample-humanity-john-howard-yoder/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[differences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[society]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4723</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The church must be a sample of the kind of humanity within which, for example, economic and racial differences are surmounted. Only then will it have anything to say to the society that surrounds it about how those differences must be dealt with. —John Howard Yoder, The Politics of Jesus, 150-1.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/15/church-as-sample-humanity-john-howard-yoder/">Church as Sample Humanity | John Howard Yoder</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/06/15/church-as-sample-humanity-john-howard-yoder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4723</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/05/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/05/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William B. Eerdmans Publishing]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4769</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>If you've been following this blog, you'll know that I've summarized and reflected on each of the 12 chapters that make up The Politics of Jesus. Since all the details have been covered, I'll offer a few final thoughts here. The Politics of Jesus was a landmark book. It was first published in 1972 in [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/05/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/05/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4769</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 12)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/25/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-12/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/25/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-12/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kenosis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pacifism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4737</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 12: The War of the Lamb Summary 1972: With our focus on Jesus and Paul, other biblical witnesses have been left out, notably Revelation. Christian social ethics is obsessed with discovering the meaning and direction of history. It turns out this is no easy task because of the plethora of free agents in [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/25/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-12/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 12)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/25/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4737</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 11)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/18/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-11/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/18/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-11/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gentile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[justification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social ethic]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4735</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 11: Justification by Grace through Faith Summary 1972: One major objection remains to the premise that Jesus’ social ethic was active and important in the early church. The primary message of Paul has been understood to be justification by grace through faith, especially since the Protestant Reformation. Works (i.e. social ethic) has nothing [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/18/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-11/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 11)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/18/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-11/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4735</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 10)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/11/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-10/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/11/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-10/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capital punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[state]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sword]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4733</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 10: Let Every Soul Be Subject: Romans 13 and the Authority of the State Summary 1972: Romans 13:1-7 has traditionally been appealed to in order to support the God-ordained role of the state to wield the sword. It follows that if the Christian is enlisted by the state, a God-ordained structure, then the [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/11/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-10/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 10)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/11/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4733</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 9)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/04/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-9/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/04/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-9/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Haustafeln]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stoicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[subordination]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4731</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 9: Revolutionary Subordination Summary 1972: Many point to the Haustafeln (e.g. Colossians 3:18-4:1; Ephesians 5:21-6:9; 1 Peter 2:13-37) as proof that the early church simply borrowed their ethical instruction from earlier Hellenistic (especially Stoic) and Jewish sources since Jesus didn’t provide an adequate ethical foundation for the growing church. Dibelius championed this view. [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/04/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-9/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 9)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/04/04/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4731</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 8)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/28/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-8/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/28/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-8/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political]]></category> <category><![CDATA[powers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religious]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4689</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 8: Christ and Power Summary 1972: Some have argued that Jesus’ radical personalism makes him irrelevant to questions of power and structure. When the post-Constantine Christians found themselves in positions of social responsibility, they had to look outside the New Testament for their ethical guidelines because Jesus had nothing to say about the [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/28/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-8/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 8)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/28/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4689</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 7)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/21/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-7/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/21/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-7/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[imago dei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[imitate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4680</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 7: The Disciple of Christ and the Way of Jesus Summary 1972: Since it’s possible to posit a gap between the kingdom Jesus announced (as recorded in the Gospels) and the shape of the early Christian church, we will now reflect on the apostolic ethical tradition. One of the strongest themes that relate [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/21/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-7/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 7)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/21/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4680</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 6)</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-6/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-6/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Studies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Politics of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[celibacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[institution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Howard Yoder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prophet]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=4621</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> Chapter 6: Trial Balance Summary 1972: We agree that Jesus had a ethical-social vision of the Kingdom. Does that vision as recorded in the gospels translate into the rest of the New Testament? Again, we will not be exhaustive, but prove that Jesus’ ethical-social vision didn’t end with the ascension. When Paul speaks about [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-6/">The Politics of Jesus | John Howard Yoder (Ch. 6)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2012/03/14/the-politics-of-jesus-john-howard-yoder-ch-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4621</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>