J. Denny Weaver is professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio. His other books include The Nonviolent Atonement and Defenseless Christianity: Anabaptism for a Nonviolent Church.
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Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite author of #Occupy the Bible: What Jesus Really Said (and Did) about Money and Power "Those who would claim that the God worshiped by Christians justifies violence -- either the violence of war or that of racism, sexism, or economic exploitation -- will now have to contend with this richly textured book by Denny Weaver. . . . Makes the compelling claim that the God of Jesus does not deal with the world by violence and thus neither should humanity." Rita Nakashima Brock coauthor of Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War "All those who seek biblical and theological grounding for a God who resists cultures of guns, violence, and war will be profoundly nourished by this careful, revelatory study of the nonviolent God revealed in Jesus Christ and his story." Gregory A. Boyd author of The Myth of a Christian Nation "Powerful, insightful, and practical. . . . Denny Weaver doesn't downplay the violent strand that runs throughout Scripture, but he compellingly argues that nonviolence lies at the heart of Jesus' revelation of God and that this understanding of God is far more prevalent in Scripture than most Western Bible readers realize. Not all will agree with Weaver, but the profound challenge he presents in this book is one that every follower of Jesus needs to wrestle with." The Mennonite Quarterly Review "Weaver is to be commended for the volume of material that he covers and for his contribution to discussions about the centrality of pacifism for Christian identity."