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John Howard Yoder: Works, Politics, Applications & Art

John Howard Yoder (December 29, 1927 – December 30, 1997) was an American Mennonite 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 a Mennonite and wrote from an Anabaptist perspective. He spent the latter part of his career…

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John Howard Yoder topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Politics, Applications and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around John Howard Yoder.

Related topics: 51
Source areas: 6
Connected nodes: 57
Extracted relationships: 68
Concept neighborhoods: 24
Bridge connections: 57

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Life · 17 topics

Thought · 13 topics

Overview · 8 topics

The Politics of Jesus · 7 topics

Sexual abuse · 5 topics

Selected works · 1 topics

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Alma mater: Goshen College · University of Basel
Born: (1927-12-29)December 29, 1927 Near Smithville, Ohio, US
Died: December 30, 1997(1997-12-30) (aged 70) South Bend, Indiana, US
Discipline: Theology
Doctoral advisor: Ernst Staehelin [de]
Doctoral students: Marva Dawn

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Overview

Life

Thought

The Politics of Jesus

Sexual abuse

Bethel College Bethel College (Kansas)
North Newton, Kansas
Indiana–Michigan Conference Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
The New York Times
Mennonite Church USA

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Glen Stassen

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How John Howard Yoder connects Entity context

The extracted context around John Howard Yoder shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, John Howard Yoder → Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Branson Parler, Collection, First ThingsArticles, Goshen College Mennonite Historical, James PattonRemembering John Howard, Jason Vance, Jesus, Jesus RadicalsJohn, John, John Howard Yoder Digital, John Nugent, Library, March, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Nathan Hobby, New, Online, Primarily, Stanley Hauerwas Another extracted example is John Howard Yoder → Bryan Stone, Donald W. Dayton, Greg Boyd, Howard Zehr, James William McClendon Jr., Jim Wallis, John Dear, Marlin Miller, Shane Claiborne, Stan Goff, Stanley Hauerwas. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

John Howard Yoder

Top relations

related to External links · 27

John Howard Yoder → Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Branson Parler, Collection, First ThingsArticles, Goshen College Mennonite Historical, James PattonRemembering John Howard, Jason Vance, Jesus, Jesus RadicalsJohn, John, John Howard Yoder Digital, John Nugent, Library, March, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Nathan Hobby, New, Online, Primarily, Stanley Hauerwas

Influenced · 11

John Howard Yoder → Bryan Stone, Donald W. Dayton, Greg Boyd, Howard Zehr, James William McClendon Jr., Jim Wallis, John Dear, Marlin Miller, Shane Claiborne, Stan Goff, Stanley Hauerwas

Influences · 6

John Howard Yoder → André Trocmé, Guy Hershberger, Harold S. Bender, Hendrikus Berkhof, Karl Barth, Oscar Cullmann

Institutions · 3

John Howard Yoder → Goshen Biblical Seminary, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, University of Notre Dame

Alma mater · 2

John Howard Yoder → Goshen College, University of Basel

Sub-discipline · 2

John Howard Yoder → Christian ethics, historical theology

Born · 1

John Howard Yoder → (1927-12-29)December 29, 1927 Near Smithville, Ohio, US

Died · 1

John Howard Yoder → December 30, 1997(1997-12-30) (aged 70) South Bend, Indiana, US

Discipline · 1

John Howard Yoder → Theology

Doctoral advisor · 1

John Howard Yoder → Ernst Staehelin [de]

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John Howard Yoder relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 68 structured relationships around John Howard Yoder. Examples in this analysis include John Howard Yoder → Alma mater → Goshen College and John Howard Yoder → Alma mater → University of Basel. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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John Howard Yoder	Alma mater	University of Basel	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Born	(1927-12-29)December 29, 1927 Near Smithville, Ohio, US	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Died	December 30, 1997(1997-12-30) (aged 70) South Bend, Indiana, US	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Discipline	Theology	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Doctoral advisor	Ernst Staehelin [de]	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Doctoral students	Marva Dawn	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Greg Boyd	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Shane Claiborne	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Donald W. Dayton	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	John Dear	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Stan Goff	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Stanley Hauerwas	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Marlin Miller	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	James William McClendon Jr.	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Bryan Stone	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Jim Wallis	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influenced	Howard Zehr	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	Karl Barth	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	Harold S. Bender	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	Hendrikus Berkhof	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	Oscar Cullmann	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	Guy Hershberger	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Influences	André Trocmé	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Institutions	Goshen Biblical Seminary	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Institutions	Mennonite Biblical Seminary	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Institutions	University of Notre Dame	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	Notable works	The Politics of Jesus (1972)	1.00	infobox
John Howard Yoder	School or tradition	Anabaptism	1.00	infobox
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For John Howard Yoder, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects John Howard Yoder with Life. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

John Howard Yoder — Life · splits 40 ⟂ 18

John Howard Yoder — Thought · splits 44 ⟂ 14

John Howard Yoder — Overview · splits 49 ⟂ 9

John Howard Yoder — The Politics of Jesus · splits 50 ⟂ 8

John Howard Yoder — Sexual abuse · splits 52 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

John Howard Yoder

Nodes58

Edges57

Triples68

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.034483

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around John Howard Yoder to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Politics, Applications & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — John Howard Yoder · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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