(22) S1E22 The Case for Christian Nonviolence: Resource Recommendations
A list of resource recommendations and explanations to help you further your research
I strongly recommend checking out the "City of Refuge" podcast. I think the story encompasses all I've talked about so far. You can see how Christians justify killing Christians, how the teachings of Christ compel over force, how God's hand orchestrates miraculous salvation through seemingly pointless suffering and death of those who implement faithful obedience, how evil so often stems from consequentialist ethics, etc. It really all comes out in this story. If you want to just have a list of all the episode titles at hand, then sit down and listen to the podcast and check off how you see each of the items explored in the series. It's fantastic.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/podcast/
FOR A LIST OF RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND A BEGINNER/ADVANCED READING SCHEDULE, CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1M23vhScNcr7ncXWLTg24Ik6byKO67InK
https://wagingnonviolence.org/podcast/
FOR A LIST OF RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND A BEGINNER/ADVANCED READING SCHEDULE, CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1M23vhScNcr7ncXWLTg24Ik6byKO67InK
- A huge thanks to Joseph McDade for his generous permission to use his music: https://josephmcdade.com/
STARTERS:
- The Politics of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Jesus-John-Howard-Yoder/dp/0802807348/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+politics+of+Jesus&qid=1566062176&s=gateway&sr=8-2
- Derek’s summary of the “Politics of Jesus”: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/the-politics-of-jesus
- The Upside Down Kingdom: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Kingdom-Updated-Donald-Kraybill/dp/0836195132/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=The+Upside+Down+Kingdom&qid=1566062209&s=gateway&sr=8-3
- Fight: https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Author-Sprinkle-Preston-August/dp/B00L71VT9W/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2K8UTOIHVLPR7&keywords=fight+preston+sprinkle&qid=1569095270&s=digital-text&sprefix=fight+preston%2Cdigital-text%2C244&sr=1-2-catcorr
- Cross Vision: https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Vision-Crucifixion-Testament-Violence-ebook/dp/B074GJSPNZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Z0B2FA7OLWQC&keywords=cross+vision+greg+boyd&qid=1569095342&s=digital-text&sprefix=cross+vision+greg%2Cdigital-text%2C245&sr=1-1
- The Early Church on Killing: https://www.amazon.com/Early-Church-Killing-Comprehensive-Sourcebook-ebook/dp/B008846P1I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Early+Church+on+Killing&qid=1569095383&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
- Is Nonviolence Naive (Answering Questions Against Nonviolence): https://sojo.net/magazine/july-2018/nonviolence-naive
- The Old Testament Case for Nonviolence: https://www.amazon.com/Old-Testament-Case-Nonviolence-ebook/dp/B078RWXDS9/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=matthew+fleischer&qid=1576092540&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
- The Day of the Lord (podcast episode): https://thebibleproject.simplecast.com/episodes/903c95d5-903c95d5
- Unbelievable (podcast): https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Just-War-vs-Pacifism-Nigel-Biggar-Stanley-Hauerwas
- Christian Humanist (podcast): http://www.christianhumanist.org/2018/01/christian-humanist-podcast-episode-229-non-violence-and-pacifism/
ADVANCED:
- Crucifixion of the Warrior God: https://www.amazon.com/Crucifixion-Warrior-God-Volumes-ebook/dp/B06XRL77G1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crucifixion+of+the+warrior+god&qid=1569095706&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
- Stanley Hauerwas: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stanley+hauerwas&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
- The Anatomy of a Hybrid: https://www.gospeltruth.net/verduin/hybrid.htm
- Why Civil Resistance Works: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820
- Gene Sharp: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Gene+Sharp&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
VIDEOS:
- Pablo Yoder's testimony of personal nonviolence in Central America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOdGENdH1fo
- Just War Debate at Harvard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xQaDDKY7k
- Dean Taylor Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrfSqfH65dM
- Preston Sprinkle on the Kingdom and Nonviolence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sITAH1d1Yk0
- Hauerwas on War and the American Tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaFfGfQprjE
Related to the Military:
- War is a Racket: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O24Y6PU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o04?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- War and Moral Injury: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CFW2S3G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- On Killing: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society-ebook/dp/B00J90F8W2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=on+killing&qid=1576092799&sr=8-1
- Killing from the Inside Out: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Inside-Out-Moral-Injury-ebook/dp/B00NVN93EM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=killing+from+the+inside+out&qid=1568229887&s=gateway&sr=8-1
- Moral Injury: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=moral+injury&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
EXTRAS:
- Discord Discussion Group: https://disboard.org/server/474580298630430751
- The Plough Site and Magazine: https://www.plough.com/en
- Waging Nonviolence News: https://wagingnonviolence.org/
- City of Refuge Podcast: https://wagingnonviolence.org/podcast/
- Followers of the Way: https://www.facebook.com/FollowersoftheWayBoston/
- Early Church Writings
- Biographies of the Nonviolent
Issues Related to Kingdom Living and Justice (but not nonviolence specifically):
- The Irresistible Revolution: https://www.amazon.com/Irresistible-Revolution-Updated-Expanded-Ordinary-ebook/dp/B00UF72BAK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+irresistible+revolution&qid=1576092742&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
- Rich Christians in the Age of Hunger: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PWOH5TS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
What I'm reading now but can't yet recommend:
- Original Revolution (Yoder): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083611812X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution (Yoder): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587432315/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking (Yoder): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587432609/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Nonviolent Action: What Christian Ethics Demands but Most Christians Have Never Really Tried (Ronald Sider): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587433664/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Victories Without Violence (Ruth Fry): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0943734061/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Is There No Other Way? (Michael Nagler): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893163164/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- The Nonviolent Handbook: A Guide for Practical Action (Michael Nagler): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626561451/?coliid=IP97AYMGHIA3W&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy (Eric Seibert): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APJRLRG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Disarming the Church (Eric Seibert): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C8BRJ25/?coliid=I2E59UZNCR8171&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- War is a Racket II (Robert Boland): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TJK4QP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Stable Peace (Kenneth Boulding): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R1PWRY4/?coliid=I3KEA57WVJRRJ&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Three Faces of Power (Kenneth Boulding): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FJ1DFI8/?coliid=I3IZU5AHEOOOIU&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Bonhoeffer the Assassin? Challenging the Myth, Recovering His Call to Peacemaking (Mark Nation et. al.): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FOWLXVY/?coliid=I2A74WD1TTWY7L&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service (George Kalantzis): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YW6Q4O/?coliid=I3UWGZRXADSD2K&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (Walter Wink): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00APJRWTI/?coliid=I2TPUHQJUSXJTU&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- The Powers That Be (Walter Wink): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036S4BUI/?coliid=I3RMGZ7VT3COM7&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars (David Wood): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316264156/?coliid=I3MGOVMFT42YHS&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag (Carolyn Marvin et. al.): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521626099/?coliid=I27A24THO78SZH&colid=1GE870E3JWHKW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
- Laverne Miller
- Jesse Killion
