Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and distinguished professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Nonviolent Action, The Early Church on Killing, Just Politics, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, Good News and Good Works, and the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.

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• ContentsForeword by Stanley HauerwasIntroduction1. Jesus's Gospel2. Jesus's Actions3. Jesus's Teaching in the Sermon on the Mount4. Other Teachings of Jesus5. Peace in the Rest of the New Testament6. But What About . . . ?7. Foundational Theological Issues8. Problems with Pacifism9. Problems with Just War Thinking10. Jesus and Killing in the Old Testament11. What If Most (or All) Christians Became Pacifists?12. Nonviolence and the Atonement13. Christians and Killing in Church History14. If Jesus Is LordIndexes

Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and distinguished professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Nonviolent Action, The Early Church on Killing, Just Politics, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, Good News and Good Works, and the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.

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• ContentsForeword by Stanley HauerwasIntroduction1. Jesus's Gospel2. Jesus's Actions3. Jesus's Teaching in the Sermon on the Mount4. Other Teachings of Jesus5. Peace in the Rest of the New Testament6. But What About . . . ?7. Foundational Theological Issues8. Problems with Pacifism9. Problems with Just War Thinking10. Jesus and Killing in the Old Testament11. What If Most (or All) Christians Became Pacifists?12. Nonviolence and the Atonement13. Christians and Killing in Church History14. If Jesus Is LordIndexes

Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and distinguished professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Nonviolent Action, The Early Church on Killing, Just Politics, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, Good News and Good Works, and the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.

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• ContentsForeword by Stanley HauerwasIntroduction1. Jesus's Gospel2. Jesus's Actions3. Jesus's Teaching in the Sermon on the Mount4. Other Teachings of Jesus5. Peace in the Rest of the New Testament6. But What About . . . ?7. Foundational Theological Issues8. Problems with Pacifism9. Problems with Just War Thinking10. Jesus and Killing in the Old Testament11. What If Most (or All) Christians Became Pacifists?12. Nonviolence and the Atonement13. Christians and Killing in Church History14. If Jesus Is LordIndexes