The Ecclesial Ethics of John Howard Yoder’s Abuse
In the last decade - now that his sexual abuse is no longer deniable - Christian ethicists have had to reconsider John Howard Yoder’s theological contributions in the late twentieth century. This essay considers how the witness of the women who survived his abuse exposes the sexism latent in his dev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2021]
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Modern theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 191-214 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yoder, John Howard 1927-1997
/ Sexual abuse
/ Ecclesiology
/ Theological ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDG Free church NBN Ecclesiology NCA Ethics NCF Sexual ethics |
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| Summary: | In the last decade - now that his sexual abuse is no longer deniable - Christian ethicists have had to reconsider John Howard Yoder’s theological contributions in the late twentieth century. This essay considers how the witness of the women who survived his abuse exposes the sexism latent in his development of a framework for moral discernment and community discipline. Yoder designed an ecclesiology that was congruent with his pursuit of unaccountable power over the women he used as subjects for working out his exploitative sexuality. His theological contributions, I argue, cannot be separated from his behavior. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12623 |