Editing John Howard Yoder (section)

==''The Politics of Jesus''==
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Of his many books, the most widely recognized has undoubtedly been ''The Politics of Jesus'' (1972); it has been translated into at least ten languages. In it, Yoder argues against popular views of Jesus, particularly those views held by [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], which he believed to be dominant at the time.  Niebuhr argued for a [[Christian realism|realist]] philosophy, which Yoder felt failed to take seriously the call or person of [[Jesus]] Christ. After showing what he believed to be inconsistencies of Niebuhr's perspective, Yoder attempted to demonstrate by an exegesis of the [[Gospel of Luke]] and parts of Paul's letter to the [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] that, in his view, a radical [[Christian pacifism]] was the most faithful approach for the disciple of Christ. Yoder argued that being Christian is a political standpoint and that Christians ought not ignore that calling.

''The Politics of Jesus'' was ranked by the [[evangelical]] magazine ''[[Christianity Today]]'' as the fifth most important religious book of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 24, 2000 |title=Books of the Century |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/april24/5.92.html |url-access=subscription |magazine=Christianity Today |volume=44 |issue=5 |location=Carol Stream, Illinois |page=92 |issn=0009-5753 |access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 24, 2000 |title=Table of Contents |magazine=Christianity Today |volume=44 |issue=5 |location=Carol Stream, Illinois |page=5 |issn=0009-5753}}</ref>