John Howard Yoder Reading Room
Google Books (often 75% of content). Importantly, Google Books allows you to search within a volume and also across volumes (rather than across the entire WWW). Other articles and essays by and on Yoder scattered across the WWW are also collected in this Reading Room.
NB : For screen snapshots, bibliographic management and notetaking while reading, Zotero is highly recommended ("a free, easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources") -Arnold Neufeldt-Fast, PhD.
Primary Sources
Books by John Howard Yoder
Articles Written by Yoder
The Church and Economics after Christendom: Brief Theological Considerations , The Mennonite , May 5, 2009. Tr. Arnold Neufeldt-Fast.
The National Ritual: Biblical Realism and the Elections , Sojourners , October 1976.
Introduction [French], in: The Origins and Characteristics of Anabaptism , by Marc Lienhard. Springer, 1977. Pp. 3-10.
Sacrament as a Social Process: Christ the Transformer of Culture , Theology Today , Vol. 48, No. 1 (April 1991), pp. 33-44.
Einfachere Einheit für knappere Zeiten , in: Ökumene: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen heute . Karlfried Froehlich and Oscar Cullmann, eds. Mohr Siebeck, 1982. Pp. 107-111.
[Syllabus] Ecclesiology in Missional Perspective , Associated Mennonite Seminary, Fall 1983 (first taught in 1973).
Jesus--A Model of Radical Political Action ; Three Unfinished Pilgrimages , in: Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture . D. Neville, P. Matthews, eds. Australian Theological Forum, 2003. Pp. 163-170; 126-136.
The Use of the Bible in Theology . Robert K. Johnston, ed. The Use of the Bible in Theology: Evangelical Options . John Knox, 1984. Ch. 6.
Civil Religion in America: A Radical Protestant Perspective , in: Images of Man: Studies in Religion and Anthropology . J.W. Angell and E.P. Banks, eds. Mercer, 1984. Ch. 1, pp. 1-24.
Toward a Sifting of Faith from Culture , in: Mennonite Life , Vol. XIX, No. 1 (January 1964), pp. 36-39.
Les Troubles Aux Pays-Bans Dans Le Miroir Strasbourgois , in: Dutch Dissenters: A Critical Companion to Their History and Ideas, with a Bibliographical Survey of Recent Research Pertaining to the Early Reformation in the Netherlands . Irvin B. Horst, ed. Brill, 1986. Pp. 117-126.
Just War Tradition: Is it Credible? , The Christian Century , March 13, 1991, pp. 295-298.
The Authority of Tradition , in: From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics . W.G. Boulton, et al., eds. Eerdmans, 1994. Pp. 91-101 (from Yoder, The Priestly Kingdom ).
Primitivism in the Radical Reformation: Strengths and Weaknesses , in: The Primitive Church in the Modern World . Richard T. Hughes, ed. Univ. of Illinois, 1995. Ch. 4, pp. 74-97.
Karl Barth: Post-Christendom Theologian . Presented to the Karl Barth Society; Elmhurst IL, June 8, 1995 (unpublished).
Is There Such a Thing as Being Ready for Another Millennium? , in: The Future of Theology: Essays in Honor of Jürgen Moltmann . M. Volf et al., eds. Eerdmans, 1996. Pp. 63-72.
On Not Being in Charge , in: War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions . J.P. Burns, ed. Georgetown Univ., 1996. Pp. 74-90.
Noah`s Covenant, the New Testament and Christian Social Order [re: Death Penalty], in: The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies . Hugo Adam Bedau, ed. Oxford, 1998. Ch. 31, pp. 429-444.
Introduction , Eberhard Arnold: God`s Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom: Bruderhof . 2nd ed. John Howard Yoder, ed. Plough, 1997. Pp. xiv-xxxiii.
Anabaptist Law Schools: Thomas L. Schaffer in Conversation with John Howard Yoder , in: Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law . R.F. Cochran, ed. NYU, 2007. Ch. 4, pp. 64-76.
See Notre Dame University`s important collection of 54 unpublished essays by Yoder .
Secondary Sources
Books on John Howard Yoder
Articles, Chapters on Yoder
Brock, Peter. John Howard Yoder: Are Summaries of Scripture`s Ethical Teachings Necessary? , in: Singing the Ethos of God: On the Place of Christian Ethics in Scripture . Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. 42-51.
Brown, Mitchel. The Jewish—Christian Schism Revisited , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2007), pp. 44-51.
Carter, Craig A. Beyond Theocracy and Individualism: The Significance of John Howard Yoder`s Ecclesiology for Evangelicalism , in: The Community of the Word: Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiology . M. Husbands and D.J. Treier, eds. InterVarsity Press, 2005. Ch. 9, pp. 173-187; The Legacy of an Inadequate Christology: Yoder`s Critique of Niebuhr`s Christ and Culture , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXVI, No. 3 (July 2003).
Coles, Romand. The Wild Patience of John Howard Yoder , in: Beyond Gated Politics: Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy . Univ of Minnesota, 2005. Ch. 4, pp. 109-138.
Dintaman, Stephen. John Howard Yoder as Historian: On Flushing the Confessional Rabbit out of the Socio-Ecclesial Brushpile , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 33-49.
Doerksen, Paul. Review of John H. Yoder`s Anabaptism and Reformation in Switzerland: An Historical and Theological Analysis of the Dialogues Between Anabaptists and Reformers , Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 81-83.
Enns, Fernando. Die "messianische Gemeinschaft". Ekklesiologische Aspekte in den Beiträgen von John Howard Yoder , in: Friedenskirche in der Ökumene: Mennonitische Wurzeln einer Ethik der Gewaltfreiheit . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003. Pp. 156-200.
Fitz-Gibbon, Andrew L. A Truthful Tale of Messianic Community: John Howard Yoder , in: In the World, But Not of the World: Christian Social Thinking at the End of the Twentieth Century . Lexington, 2006. Ch. 4, pp. 63-96.
Friesen, Duane K. Toward a Theology of Culture: A Dialogue with John Howard Yoder and Gordon Kaufman , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 39-64.
Gingrich, Ray. Theological Foundations for an Ethics of Nonviolence: Was Yoder`s God a Warrior? , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXVI, No. 3 (July 2003).
Harder, Tom. The Dichotomy Between Faithfulness and Effectiveness in the Peace Theology of John Howard Yoder , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXXI No. 2 (April 2007).
Hauerwas, Stanley.
Hays, Richard. John Howard Yoder: Following the Way of Jesus [as a hermeneutical strategy], in: Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation: a Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics , Continuum, 1997. Pp. 239-253.
Heidebrecht, Paul C. Walking with Yoder toward a Theological Approach to the Automobile from a Mennonite Perspective , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 59-80.
Huebner, Chris K. Mennonites and Narrative Theology: The Case of John Howard Yoder , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 15-38.
Hunsinger, George. Karl Barth and the Politics of Sectarian Protestantism: A Dialogue with John Howard Yoder , in: Disruptive Grace: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth . 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 2001. Ch. 5, pp. 114-130.
Jecker, Hanspeter. John Howard Yoder’s Contribution to Research on Anabaptist History , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 50-58.
Kindred-Barnes, Scott. Keeping Yoder Honest: Assessing the "Disavowal of Constantine" According to the First and Second Degrees of History . Paper presented for the Yoder Project, Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre, 2007. Pp. 13.
Klassen, Justin. Augustinian Existentialism and Yoder’s Messianic Politics: Revolutionary Implications of Augustine’s Understanding of Right Worship , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2007), pp. 52-67.
Klassen, William. John Howard Yoder and the Ecumenical Church , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 77-81.
Kumfer, Tim. Between Sojourners and the Simple Way? Rethinking Radical, Evangelical Politics in ’08 with John Howard Yoder , TheOtherJournal.Com , Issue 14, October 14, 2008.
Martens, Paul. , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 2006), pp. 65-77.
Miller, John W. In the Footsteps of Marcion: Notes Toward an Understanding of John Yoder’s Theology , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 82-92.
Murphy, Nancey, and G.F.R. Ellis. Ethics and Theories of God: John Howard Yoder`s Research Program , in: On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics . Fortress, 1996. Ch. 8.3, pp. 178-201.
Nation, Mark Thiessen. John Howard Yoder: Mennonite, Evangelical, Catholic , Mennonite Quarterly Review , July 2003; Toward a Theology of Conflict Transformation: Learnings from John Howard Yoder , Mennonite Quarterly Review (January 2006); He Came Preaching Peace: The Ecumenical Peace Witness of John Howard Yoder , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 65-76.
Park, Joon-Sik. "As You Go": John Howard Yoder as a Mission Theologian , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXVIII, No. 3 (July 2004).
Reimer, A. James. Mennonites, Christ, and Culture: The Yoder Legacy , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 5-14.
Rowell, Andrew. The Ecclesiology of John Howard Yoder: Five Practices of the Christian Community and Mission . Duke University (extended paper for Professors Richard Hays, Allen Verhey and Laceye Warner). Pp. 102.
Schlabach, Gerald W. The Christian Witness in the Earthly City: John H. Yoder as Augustinian Interlocutor . Pp. 18.
Slater, Jonathan. Does Yoder throw the Christological baby out with the Constantinian bathwater? . Presented at the Yoder Project, Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre, 2007. Pp. 16.
Snyder, C. Arnold. Doing History with Theological Ethics in Mind: John Howard Yoder as Historian of Anabaptism , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 3-32.
Veen, Robert. De ecclesiologie van John Howard Yoder , in: Vermaningen . Lulu.com, 2006. Ch. 7, pp. 180-190 (and copy ).
Weaver, Allain Epp. On Exile: Yoder, Said, and a Theology of Land and Return , Cross Currents , Vol. 52, No. 4 (Winter 2003); John Howard Yoder`s "Alternative Perspective" on Christian-Jewish Relations , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXIX, No. 3(July 2005).
Yoder Neufeld, Tom et al. Tributes to John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) , Conrad Grebel Review , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Spring 1998), 93-107.
Zimmerman, John. Yoder`s Jesus and Economics: The Economics of Jesus or the Economics of Luke? , Mennonite Quarterly Review , Vol. LXXVI, No. 3 (July 2003).
Other
Theological Journals Search (theological journals for which full text is freely available on the Internet).
Tyndale`s eJournal Database -find full-text articles on and by John Howard Yoder-- for Tyndale students and faculty only. (Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "All" databases; over 170 full-text theological journals available to you from home; for a few additional journals, go back to Tyndale Journal Database and choose the ProQuest Religion or JSTOR databases); see list of Tyndale`s academic eJournals .
Systematic Theology Reading Room , the Stanley Hauerwas Reading Room , the Jürgen Moltmann Reading Room , the 16th Century Reformation Reading Room , the Karl Barth Reading Room , the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Reading Room , and the Christian Ethics Reading Room .
"... TRUE EVANGELICAL FAITH cannot lie dormant
it clothes the naked
it feeds the hungry
it comforts the sorrowful
it shelters the destitute
it serves those that harm it
it binds up that which is wounded
it has become all things to all people"
Menno Simons , 1539
OUR LAMB IS VICTORIOUS!
Tyndale Seminary, Toronto -Canada`s Leading Seminarysince 1894.
See Notre Dame University`s important collection of 
Link opens in new window