Editing John Howard Yoder (section)

{{Short description|American Mennonite theologian and academic}}
{{Infobox academic
| name               = John Howard Yoder
| image              = John Howard Yoder.jpg
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1927|12|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = Near [[Smithville, Ohio]], US
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1997|12|30|1927|12|29|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[South Bend, Indiana]], US
| home_town          = 
| spouse             = {{marriage|Anne Marie Guth|1952}}{{sfn|Nation|2011}}
| alma_mater         = {{unbulleted list | [[Goshen College]] | [[University of Basel]]}}
| thesis_title       = {{lang|de|Die Gespräche zwischen Täufern und Reformatoren in der Schweiz, 1523–1538}}{{sfn|Yoder|2013}}
| thesis_year        = 1957
| school_tradition   = [[Anabaptism]]
| doctoral_advisor   = {{interlanguage link|Ernst Staehelin|de}}{{sfn|Nation|2011}}
| academic_advisors  = 
| influences         = {{flatlist|
* [[Karl Barth]]{{sfn|Dorrien|2009|p=460}}
* [[Harold S. Bender]]{{sfn|Nation|2006|p=32}}
* [[Hendrikus Berkhof]]{{sfn|Zimmerman|2015|p=148}}
* [[Oscar Cullmann]]{{sfn|Zimmerman|2015|pp=148–149}}
* [[Guy Hershberger]]{{sfn|Park|2009}}
* [[André Trocmé]]{{sfnm |1a1=Moore |1y=2011 |1p=iv |2a1=Zimmerman |2y=2015 |2pp=148–149}}
}}
| discipline         = [[Theology]]
| sub_discipline     = {{hlist | [[Christian ethics]]{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=638}} | [[historical theology]]{{sfn|Dorrien|2009|p=460}}}}
| workplaces         = {{unbulleted list | [[Goshen Biblical Seminary]] | [[Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] | [[University of Notre Dame]]}}
| doctoral_students  = [[Marva Dawn]]{{sfn|Dawn|2015|p=xi}}
| notable_students   = <!--only those with WP articles-->
| main_interests     = 
| notable_works      = ''[[The Politics of Jesus]]'' (1972)
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| influenced         = {{flatlist|
* [[Greg Boyd (theologian)|Greg Boyd]]{{sfn|Smith|2016|p=165}}
* [[Shane Claiborne]]
* [[Donald W. Dayton]]{{sfn|Dayton|2007|p=425}}
* [[John Dear]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Dear |first=John |author-link=John Dear |date=October 18, 2011 |title=John Howard Yoder's Political Jesus |url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/john-howard-yoders-political-jesus |work=National Catholic Reporter |access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Stan Goff]]
* [[Stanley Hauerwas]]{{sfn|Heide|2009|p=79}}
* [[Marlin Miller (theologian)|Marlin Miller]]{{sfn|Goossen|2015|p=9}}
* [[James William McClendon Jr.]]{{sfn|Chaves|2013|p=71}}
* [[Bryan Stone]]
* [[Jim Wallis]]
* [[Howard Zehr]]
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'''John Howard Yoder''' (December 29, 1927 – December 30, 1997) was an American [[Mennonite]] [[Christian theology|theologian]] and [[Christian ethics|ethicist]] best known for his defense of [[Christian pacifism]]. His most influential book was ''[[The Politics of Jesus]]'', which was first published in 1972. Yoder was a [[Mennonite]] and wrote from an [[Anabaptist]] perspective. He spent the latter part of his career teaching at the [[University of Notre Dame]].

In 1992, media reports emerged that Yoder had sexually abused women in preceding decades, with as many as over 50 complainants. The [[Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary]] acknowledged in a statement from 2014 that sexual abuse had taken place and it had been tolerated partly because he was the leading Mennonite theologian of his day and partly because there were not the safeguards in place that there are today.