Books on Peace

Andrews, Dave: The Jihad of Jesus: The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2015)

Ashford, Mary-Wynne & Guy Dauncey: Enough Blood Shed: 101 solutions to violence, terror and war (Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 2006)

Bainton, Roland: Christian Attitudes towards War and Peace (Oxford: Abingdon Press, 1960)

Boyd, Gregory: The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross 2 vols. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2017)

Brown, Tricia Gates: Getting in the Way: stories from Christian Peacemaker Teams (Scottdale: Herald Press, 2005)

Byler, Dennis: Making War and Making Peace (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1989)

Cahill, Lisa Sowle: Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, & Just War Theory (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994)

Daverth, Jason: Conflict and Conciliation (Blackrock: The Columba Press, 2007)

Dekar, Paul: For the Healing of the Nations: Baptist Peacemakers (Macon: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 1993)

Eller, Vernard: War and Peace: from Genesis to Revelation (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1981)

Enns, Fernando, Scott Holland & Ann Riggs (Eds.): Seeking Cultures of Peace: a peace church conversation (Scottdale: Herald Press, 2004)

Fahey, Joseph & Richard Armstrong (Eds.): A Peace Reader (New York: Paulist Press, 1992)

Hallie, Philip: Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed (New York: Harper Colophon, 1979)

Hauerwas, Stanley: The Peaceable Kingdom (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press,1991)

Hornus, Jean-Michel: It is not lawful for me to fight: early Christian attitudes towards war (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1980)

Kreider, Alan, Eleanor Kreider and Paulus Widjaja: A Culture of Peace (Intercourse: Good Books, 2005)

Lederach, John Paul: Reconcile: Conflict Transformation for Ordinary Christians (Scottdale: Herald Press, 2014)

Mauser, Ulrich: The Gospel of Peace: A Scriptural Message for Today’s World (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992)

Roth, John: Choosing against War (Intercourse: Good Books, 2002)

Sacks, Jonathan: Not in God’s Name: confronting religious violence (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015)

Schrock-Shenk, Carolyn: Making Peace with Conflict: Practical Skills for Conflict Transformation (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1999)

Sharp, Gene: The Politics of Nonviolent Action (New York: Porter Sargent, 1973)

Smith-Christopher, Daniel: Subverting Hatred: the challenge of nonviolence in religious traditions (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2007)

Stassen, Glen (Ed.): Just Peacemaking (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2008)

Storkey, Alan: War or Peace? (Cambridge: Christian studies Press, 2015)

Swartley, Willard: Covenant of Peace (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006)

Swartley, Willard: Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1983)

Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (Ed.): A Just Peace Church (Cleveland: United Church Press, 1986)

Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks: Interfaith Just Peacemaking (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)

Volf, Miroslav: The End of Memory (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006)

Walpot, Peter: The Christian and the Sword (Robertsbridge: Plough Publishing, 2011)

Weaver, J Denny: The Nonviolent Atonement (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001)

Wink, Walter: Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992)

Wright, Fred: The Cross Became a Sword (Harpenden: R W Publishing, 1995)

Yoder, John Howard: He Came Preaching Peace (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 1998)

Yoder, John Howard: Nevertheless: The Varieties of Religious Pacifism (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1971)

Yoder, John Howard: The Politics of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994)

Yoder, John Howard: The War of the Lamb (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2009)

Yoder, John Howard: What would you do? (Scottdale: Herald Press, 1983)

Yoder Neufeld, Tom: Jesus and the Subversion of Violence: Wrestling with the New Testament Evidence (London: SPCK, 2011)

Yoder, Perry: Shalom:  The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, & Peace (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2017)

Yoder, Perry & Willard Swartley (Eds.): The Meaning of Peace (Goshen: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2001)

Zehr, Howard: The Little Book of Restorative Justice (Intercourse: Good Books, 2002)

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