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Book Synopsis"Trocmé has the prophetic gift of bypassing doctrinal fluff and cutting to the heart of Jesus’ message: a stark call for repentance, love, and socio-economic change. Read him with caution: this book may change your life." —Donald Kraybill, author, The Upside-Down Kingdom
André Trocmé of Le Chambon is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. But his bold deeds did not spring from a void. They were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence - an understanding that gave him the remarkable insights contained in this long out-of-print classic.
In this book, you’ll encounter a Jesus you may have never met before - a Jesus who not only calls for spiritual transformation, but for practical changes that answer the most perplexing political, economic, and social problems of our time.
Trade ReviewTrocmé has the prophetic gift of bypassing doctrinal fluff and cutting to the heart of Jesus’ message: a stark call for repentance, love, and socio-economic change. Read him with caution: this book may change your life. --
Donald Kraybill, author, The Upside-Down KingdomThis splendid volume deserves wider recognition as the classic it truly is. --
Richard Cassidy, author, Paul in ChainsPlough has done scholars, pastors, and laypersons all a great service by reprinting this classic. Not everyone will agree with every detail, but all will feel the compelling force of Trocmé’s cumulative case. This is a book worth pondering at length. --
Craig L. Blomberg, Denver SeminaryTable of ContentsContents Introduction Preface PART I : Jesus and His REvolution 1 Jesus the Jew 2 Jesus Proclaims Jubilee 3 Implications of Jubilee 4 The “Politics” of Jesus 5 Ethics of the Revolution PART II : Jesus and His Contemporaries 6 Precursors to Peace 7 Crises in Palestine 8 Resistance Movements 9 Seeds of Nonviolence 10 Another Way PART III : Jesus and Revolutionary Nonviolence 11 The Radical Explosion 12 The Sword of the Spirit 13 Nonviolent Love and the Person 14 The Greatest Commandment 15 The Politics of Witness 16 God’s History Notes Select Bibliography Scripture Index General Index
