Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace
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Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace

Anabaptist Ethics and the Catholic Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace

Anabaptist Ethics and the Catholic Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

About this book

What happens when a five-century tradition of Christian pacifism no longer needs Jesus to support nonviolence? Why does secularity cause this dilemma for Mennonites in their theology of peace? Layton Boyd Friesen offers an ancient theology and spirituality of incarnation as the church's response to the non-resistance of Christ. He explores three key aspects of von Balthasar's Christology to help Mennonite peace theology regain its momentum in the secular age with a contemplative union with Christ.

This volume argues that the way to regain a Christ-formed pacifism within secularity is to contemplate and enter the mystery unveiled in the Chalcedonian Definition of Christ, as interpreted by Hans Urs von Balthasar. In this mystery, the believer is drawn into real-time participation in Christ's encounter with the secular world.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Series Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: Anabaptist Ethics and Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Christology
  11. 1 Mennonite Pacifism as Union with the Living Christ
  12. 2 The Troubled Defense of Defenselessness in the Twentieth Century
  13. 3 Incarnation: Bidirectional Nonresistance
  14. 4 Provocation: Violence in the Theo-drama
  15. 5 Convocation: The Church and the Lamb
  16. Conclusion: Christian Practices of Theo-dramatic Peacemaking
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index