Editing John Howard Yoder (section)

==Life==
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Yoder was born on December 29, 1927, near [[Smithville, Ohio|Smithville]], [[Ohio]].{{sfn|Nation|2011}} He earned his undergraduate degree from [[Goshen College]] where he studied under the [[Mennonite]] theologian [[Harold S. Bender]].{{sfn|Nation|2003|pp=360–363}} He completed his [[Doctor of Theology]] degree at the [[University of Basel]], [[Switzerland]], studying under [[Karl Barth]], [[Oscar Cullmann]], [[Walther Eichrodt]], and [[Karl Jaspers]].

After the [[Second World War]], Yoder traveled to Europe to direct relief efforts for the [[Mennonite Central Committee]]. Yoder was instrumental in reviving European Mennonites following the war. Upon returning to the United States, he spent a year working at his father's greenhouse business in [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]], Ohio.

Yoder began his teaching career at [[Goshen Biblical Seminary]]. He was Professor of Theology at Goshen Biblical Seminary and Mennonite Biblical Seminary (the two seminaries that formed what is now called [[Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary]]) from 1958 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1984. While still teaching at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, he also began teaching at the [[University of Notre Dame]], where he became a professor of Theology and eventually a Fellow of the Institute for International Peace Studies.

Yoder sexually abused over 100 women during the 1970s and 1980s while at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. The abuse was widely rumored, but not acted upon even when board members became aware of the numerous accusations. ''[[The Elkhart Truth]]'' first reported on the allegations June 29, 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last=Price |first=Tom |date=June 29, 1992 |title=Theologian Cited in Sex Inquiry |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/259603810/1992-Investigative-Series |newspaper=The Elkhart Truth |location=Elkhart, Indiana |access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> The seminary has acknowledged Yoder's crimes against women and has apologized for not acting on them at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sokol |first=Michelle |date=April 9, 2015 |title=Mennonite Seminary Apologizes to Victims of Famed Theologian |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/mennonite-seminary-apologizes-victims-famed-theologian-john-howard-yoder |url-status=live |work=National Catholic Reporter |volume=51 |issue=13 |page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214134548/https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/mennonite-seminary-apologizes-victims-famed-theologian-john-howard-yoder |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref>
 
Yoder died on December 30, 1997, one day after his 70th birthday. His personal papers are housed at the [[Mennonite Church USA Archives]].