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Church of the Brethren pastor and academic, coiner of the term "Christian anarchy"
Vernard Marion Eller (July 11, 1927 – June 18, 2007) was an American author,
Christian pacifist and minister in the
Church of the Brethren . Born in
Everett ,
Washington , and raised in
Wenatchee ,
[1] Eller graduated from the
University of La Verne and
Bethany Theological Seminary , then earned a master's degree from
Northwestern University and a doctorate from
Pacific School of Religion . He was professor of philosophy and religion at the University of La Verne for thirty-four years. He wrote over 20 books including The Mad Morality and Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers .
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Bibliography
In addition to several essays, reviews, and monographs, Eller's publications include:
A Protestant's Protestant:
Kierkegaard from a New Perspective (1964), republished as
Kierkegaard and Radical Discipleship: a New Perspective (1968)
His End Up: Getting God into the New Theology (1969)
ISBN
0-687-17060-5
The Mad Morality: Or, the Ten Commandments Revisited (1970)
ISBN
0-687-22899-9
The Promise: Ethics in the Kingdom of God (1970)
The Sex Manual for Puritans (1971)
ISBN
0-687-38309-9
In Place of Sacraments: A Study of Baptism and the Lord's Supper (1972)
ISBN
0-8028-1476-X
King Jesus' Manual of Arms for the Armless: War and Peace from Genesis to Revelation (1973)
ISBN
0-687-20885-8
The Simple Life: The Christian Stance Toward Possessions (1973)
ISBN
0-8028-1537-5
The Most Revealing Book of the Bible: Making Sense out of Revelation (1974)
ISBN
0-8028-1572-3
The Time So Urgent: A Play or The Time So Urgent: A Chancel Drama: The Story of Alexander Mack and the Founding of the Brethren (Schwarzenau, Germany, 1708) (1974)
Cleaning Up the Christian Vocabulary (1976)
ISBN
0-87178-153-0
Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader (1980)
ISBN
0-8028-3544-9
The Language of Canaan and the Grammar of Feminism (1982)
ISBN
0-8028-1902-8
Pearl of Christian Counsel for the Brokenhearted (1983, with Rosanna Eller McFadden)
ISBN
0-8191-2851-1
Towering Babble: God's People Without God's Word (1983)
ISBN
0-87178-855-1
The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought: Two Studies from the Gospel of John (1987)
ISBN
0-8028-0275-3
Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers (1987)
ISBN
1-57910-222-0
Complete e-text .
Proclaim Good Tidings: Evangelism for the Faith Community (1987)
ISBN
0-87178-487-4
Eller's Ethical Elucidations: Collected Readings on Christian Ethics (1970–89) (1989)
The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church (2003)
ISBN
1-59244-294-3
War and Peace: From Genesis to Revelation (2003)
ISBN
1-59244-233-1
References
External links
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