John H. Yoder
| John Howard Yoder | |
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| Born |
December 29, 1927 Smithville, Ohio |
| Died | December 30, 1997 (aged 70) South Bend, Indiana |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Residence | Elkhart, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Goshen College (B.A.), University of Basel (Th.D) |
| Occupation | Theologian, Christian ethicist |
| Years active | 1961–1997 |
| Employer |
Goshen Biblical Seminary Mennonite Biblical Seminary University of Notre Dame |
| Known for |
The Politics of Jesus Acknowledged serial Sexual abuser |
John Howard Yoder (December 29, 1927 – December 30, 1997) was an American theologian and ethicist best known for his defense of Christian pacifism. His most influential book was The Politics of Jesus, which was first published in 1972. Yoder was Mennonite and wrote from an Anabaptist perspective. He spent the latter part of his career teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
In 1992 media reports emerged that Yoder had sexually abused women in preceding decades, with as many as over 50 complainants. The Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary acknowledged in a statement from 2014 that sexual abuse had taken place.
Yoder earned his undergraduate degree from Goshen College where he studied under Mennonite theologian Harold S. Bender. He completed his Th.D. at the University of Basel, Switzerland, studying under Karl Barth, Oscar Cullman, Walther Eichrodt, and Karl Jaspers.
After World War II, Yoder traveled to Europe to direct relief efforts for the Mennonite Central Committee. Yoder was instrumental in reviving European Mennonites following World War II. Upon returning to the United States, he spent a year working at his father's greenhouse business in Wooster, Ohio.
Yoder began his teaching career at Goshen Biblical Seminary. He was Professor of Theology at Goshen Biblical Seminary and Mennonite Biblical Seminary (the two seminaries that formed Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary) from 1958 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1984. While still teaching at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, he also began teaching at the University of Notre Dame, where he became a Professor of Theology and eventually a Fellow of the Institute for International Peace Studies.
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