Yoder's Politics of Jesus

I skipped through Yoder's famous book today and have been discussing it in broad strokes in a couple classes.  Many who come across this post may know much more about Yoder's thinking than I so I welcome refinement and correction.

I would summarize Yoder as follows.  God is the one who fights for us; followers of Jesus do not fight for themselves, especially not through violence.  Violence is never appropriate for a Jesus-follower.  The structures of the world, the powers of the world, are usually full of evil.  Our task as Christians is not to fight against the worldly powers but to give a witness by our voluntary submission to the hierarchies of a fallen world.

Yoder answers a number of objections to using the model of Jesus as a model for us to follow.  He of course also argues for a certain model of Jesus (thus Jesus didn't use his whip against the money changers but to drive the animals out of the temple).

• The objection that Jesus' ethic was limited to his years on earth, an "interim" ethic before a kingdom that was going to come in force later.
• The objection that Jesus' model was for a situation in which it was not conceivable to change the system.
• The objection that Jesus only provides a model for individual response, not for government, which more appropriately turns to God the Father as a model.

I suspect that Yoder is far more right than wrong, although he represents one end of the spectrum to me.  

• I accept the basic principles of Just War theory laid out by Augustine.  
• I believe that Jesus' earthly ministry was phase one and that in the second coming phase he will not be so meek and mild
• I do believe we should work for change more vigorously and engagedly with worldly powers when we can, although not usually with violence (I support Bonhoeffer's deviation in regard to Hitler).  I do accept reasonable force to protect the lives of others and, in some cases, in self-defense. 
• I do think that God the Father provides a better model for governance and justice rather than Jesus when he was on earth.

But what do you think?

Pacifism and Prioritizing Values

How's this for a text box on pacifism in a philosophy textbook?
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A pacifist is someone who believes violence is wrong in every situation, that non-violence is an absolute. However, even in this instance, the pacifist has chosen one value over another. In certain circumstances, he or she considers non-violence a higher ethical priority than helping or saving the lives of others.