Layton Boyd Friesen is Conference Pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Canada.

Readers might find particular concepts from historical theology a challenge to master, but this closely argued work, full of eminently quotable passages, will reward their effort.

• Introduction: Anabaptist Ethics and Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s ChristologyChapter 1Mennonite Pacifism as Union with the Living ChristChapter 2The Troubled Defense of Defenselessness in the 20th centuryChapter 3A Bi-Directional Nonresistance from Maximus to BalthasarChapter 4The Lamb’s Provocation of ViolenceChapter 5Convocation: Ecclesial Enemy Love and a Missional PacifismConclusion Sources UsedBibliographyIndex

Layton Boyd Friesen is Conference Pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Canada.

Readers might find particular concepts from historical theology a challenge to master, but this closely argued work, full of eminently quotable passages, will reward their effort.

• Introduction: Anabaptist Ethics and Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s ChristologyChapter 1Mennonite Pacifism as Union with the Living ChristChapter 2The Troubled Defense of Defenselessness in the 20th centuryChapter 3A Bi-Directional Nonresistance from Maximus to BalthasarChapter 4The Lamb’s Provocation of ViolenceChapter 5Convocation: Ecclesial Enemy Love and a Missional PacifismConclusion Sources UsedBibliographyIndex

Layton Boyd Friesen is Conference Pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference, Canada.

Readers might find particular concepts from historical theology a challenge to master, but this closely argued work, full of eminently quotable passages, will reward their effort.

• Introduction: Anabaptist Ethics and Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s ChristologyChapter 1Mennonite Pacifism as Union with the Living ChristChapter 2The Troubled Defense of Defenselessness in the 20th centuryChapter 3A Bi-Directional Nonresistance from Maximus to BalthasarChapter 4The Lamb’s Provocation of ViolenceChapter 5Convocation: Ecclesial Enemy Love and a Missional PacifismConclusion Sources UsedBibliographyIndex