Mark Thiessen Nation
Published Books I Published Book Reviews I Published Academic Articles I Academic Lectures I Published Popular-Style Articles I Selected Bibliographies I Selected Unpublished PapersI Professional Conference Attendance I Courses Taught
Published Books
2008 Reasoning Together: A Conversation on Homosexuality, co-authored with Ted Grimsrud ( Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, forthcoming).
2008 John Howard Yoder, The War of the Lamb, co-edited with Glen Harold Stassen ( Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, forthcoming).
2006 John Howard Yoder: Mennonite Patience, Evangelical Witness, Catholic Convictions (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans).
2003 John Howard Yoder, Karl Barth and the Problem of War and Other Essays on Barth, ed. and foreword by Mark Thiessen Nation (Eugene, OR: Cascade Press).
2000 Faithfulness & Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (Edinburgh: T & T Clark). Co-edited with Samuel Wells.
1999 The Wisdom of the Cross: Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans). Co-edited with Stanley Hauerwas, Chris K. Huebner, and Harry J. Huebner. (reprinted: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2005)
1997 Virtues & Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre, (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International). Co-edited with Nancey Murphy and Brad J. Kallenberg. (Reprinted: Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003)
1994 Theology Without Foundations: Religious Practice & the Future of Theological Truth (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press). Co-edited with Stanley Hauerwas and Nancey Murphy.
Published Book Reviews
2008 Review of Practicing the Politics of Jesus by Earl Zimmerman. The Conrad Grebel Review(forthcoming).
2008 Review of Creation and Covenant: The Significance of Sexual Difference in the Moral Theology of Marriage by Christopher C. Roberts. Studies in Christian Ethics (forthcoming).
2008 Review of The Politics of Worship by Bernd Wannenwetsch and A Precarious Peace by Christopher K. Huebner. The Mennonite Quarterly Review 82 (April): 333-335.
2008 Review of God, Truth, and Witness: Engaging Stanley Hauerwas, eds. L. Gregory Jones, et al. The Chirstian Century 125 (January 15): 42-44.
2006 Review of An Angel Directs the Storm: Apocalyptic Religion & American Empire, by Michael Northcott. Studies in Christian Ethics (forthcoming).
2004 Review of The Christian Witness to the State; Preface to Theology; and To Hear The Word, by John Howard Yoder. Anabaptism Today (Autumn).
2003 Review of Ethics as Grammar: Changing the Postmodern Subject, by Brad J. Kallenberg. Studies in Christian Ethics 16/2 (2003): 101-104.
2002 Review of Truthful Action: Explorations in Practical Theology, by Duncan B. Forrester. Studies in Christian Ethics 15/2 (April 2002): 108-109.
2002 Review of The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder, by Craig A. Carter. The International Journal of Systematic Theology 4/3 (November 2002): 336-338.
2002 Review article of The Hauerwas Reader, by Stanley Hauerwas, edited by John Berkman and Michael Cartwright and The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder, by Craig A. Carter. The Mennonite Quarterly Review 76 (October 2002): 485-488.
2002 Review of For the Joy Set Before Us, by Gerald Schlabach, The Conrad Grebel Review (Winter 2002): 123-125.
2002 Review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography, rev. edn. by Eberhard Bethge; Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and Life Together/Prayerbook of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Anabaptism Today 29 (Spring 2002): 29-31.
2002 Review of Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity by J. Denny Weaver, Anabaptism Today 29 (Spring 2002): 26-27.
2001 Review of Border Crossings: Christian Trespasses on Popular Culture and Public Affairs by Rodney Clapp, Anabaptism Today 27 (Summer 2001): 30-31.
2000 “Much More Than Aphorisms: A Review Article of Stanley Hauerwas,” Sanctify Them in the Truth; Stanley Hauerwas, Prayers Plainly Spoken; and Samuel Wells, Transforming Fate Into Destiny. Anabaptism Today 25 (Autumn 2000): 12-15.
1997 Review of Faith and Criticism by Basil Mitchell, Pro Ecclesia VI/3 (Summer 1997): 378-379.
1994 Review of The Import of Eschatology in John Howard Yoder’s Critique of Constantinianism by Philip LeMasters, Encounter (Spring 1994): 218-219.
Published Academic Articles
2008 “‘Who Has Believed What We Have Heard?’: A Response to Denny Weaver’s The Nonviolent Atonement.” Conrad Grebel Review (forthcoming).
2007“Demanding Signs, Desiring Wisdom or Proclaiming Christ Crucified?: John Howard Yoder’s Contributions to a Peace Ethic.” In Doing Constructive Theologies in a Baptistic Way, eds. Parush R. Parushev and Nigel Wright (Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press, forthcoming).
2007 “Beginning a Theological Conversation on the Subject of Homosexuality: ‘Teacher, Which Commandment in the Law is the Greatest?’” In Stumbling Toward a Genuine Conversation on Homosexuality, ed. Michael A. King (Telford, PA: Cascadia Press, forthcoming).
2006 “The Fruit of the Spirit or the Works of the Flesh?: Come Let Us Reason Together.” In Whose Homosexuality? Which Authority?: Homosexual Practice, Marriage, Ordination and the Church, eds. Brian Edgar and Gordon Preece (Hindmarsh, Australia: ATF Press), 76-99.
2006 “Toward a Theology for Conflict Transformation: Learnings from John Howard Yoder.” The Mennonite Quarterly Review LXXX/1 (January): 43-60.
2005 “Yoder, John Howard.” In Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, ed. John Shook (Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press).
2005 “The Vocation of the Church of Jesus the Criminal: Reflections on the Writings of William Stringfellow by an Uncloseted Anabaptist.” In William Stringfellow in Anglo-American Perspective, ed. Anthony Dancer (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing), 114-124.
2004 “Washing Feet: Preparation for Service.” In The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, ed. Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers), 441-451
2003 “Foreword.” In John Howard Yoder, The Original Revolution ( Scottdale, PA: Herald Press), 1-7.
2003 “John Howard Yoder: Mennonite, Evangelical, Catholic,” The Mennonite Quarterly Review LXXVII/3 (July 2003): 357-370.
2003 “Yoder, John Howard.” In Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. Timothy Larsen (Leicester: InterVarsity Press; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press), s.v.
2002 “On Following the ‘ Narrow Way’ of Jesus Christ Today When ‘Freedom,’ ‘Justice,’ and ‘a Christian Nation’ Are Bad Ideas: Learnings from Stanley Hauerwas.” In Balanceren op de smalle weg, ed. Piet Visser and Ruth Winsemius (Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum), 86-99.
2001 “‘Fruit of the Spirit or Works of the Flesh?’: Come Let Us Reason Together,” in To Continue the Dialogue: Biblical Interpretation and Homosexuality, ed. C. Norman Kraus ( Telford, PA: Pandora Press U. S., 2001), 223-244.
2001 “James Wm. McClendon, Jr.: A Particular Baptist Theologian,” Journal of European Baptist Studies 1/2 (January): 51-55.
2001 “John Howard Yoder: Mennonit, Evangelikler, Katholik” in Jesus folgen in einer Pluralistischen Welt: Impulse aus der Arbeit John Howard Yoders, ed. Hanspeter Jecker (Weisenheim am Berg: Agape Verlag), 9-22. Translated from English into German by Gaby Boller.
2001 “Zeichen fordern, Weisheit verlangen oder den gekreuzigten Christus : John H. Yoders Beitrag zu einer Friedensethik” in Jesus folgen in einer Pluralistischen Welt: Impulse aus der Arbeit John Howard Yoders, ed. Hanpeter Jecker (Weisenheim am Berg: Agape Verlag,), 101-123. Translated from English into German by Wolfgang Krauss.
2000 “The Politics of Jesus and the Politics of John Howard Yoder: An Ecumenical Mennonite Contribution to Peacemaking.” In Nonviolence as a Worldview and Lifestyle (translation of Russian title), edited by Tatiana Pavlova. ( Moscow: The Academy of Sciences). Article in Russian.
2000 “ Stanley Hauerwas: Where Would We Be Without Him?” In Faithfulness & Fortitude, above, 19-38.
2000 “The First Word Christians Have to Say About Violence Is ‘Church’: On Bonhoeffer, Baptists, and Becoming a Peace Church.” In Faithfulness & Fortitude, above, 83-115.
1999 “John H. Yoder, Ecumenical Neo-Anabaptist: A Biographical Sketch.” In The Wisdom of the Cross, above, 1-23.
1999 “Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Polyphonic Pacifism as Social Ethics.” In The Wisdom of the Cross, above, 249-277.
1999 “Recovering Our First Language from Our First Community: Towards Biblical Insights Into Nonviolence.” Reconciliation Quarterly (Autumn 1999): 5-18.
1999 “Swiss Anabaptism and the Sword Revisited.” Anabaptism Today 21 (Summer 1999): 32-33.
1998 “The Vocation of the Church of Jesus the Criminal: Reflections on the Writings of William Stringfellow by an Uncloseted Anabaptist.” Faith and Freedom [ Australia] 6/2 (August): 17-24.
1998 “He Came Preaching Peace: The Ecumenical Peace Witness of John H. Yoder.” The Conrad Grebel Review 16/2 (Spring): 65-76.
1997 “Feminism, Political Philosophy, and the Narrative Ethics of Jean Bethke Elshtain.” In Virtues & Practices in the Christian Tradition, above, 289-305.
1996 “Theology as Witness: Reflections on Yoder, Fish, and Interpretive Communities.” Faith and Freedom: A Journal of Christian Ethics [ Australia] 5/1-2 (June): 42-47.
1994 “Living in Another World as One Response to Relativism.” In Theology Without Foundations, above, 229-244, 336-339.
1991 “‘Pacifist & Enemy of the State’: Bonhoeffer’s ‘Straight and Unbroken Course’ From Costly Discipleship to Conspiracy.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa. (December 1991): 61-77. [The October, 1989 issue of the International Bonhoeffer Society Newsletter referred to a forty-seven page version of this article as “. . .an outstanding paper. . .”]
1991 “Those Damned Pacifists: On the Horns of Niebuhr’s Dilemma.” In Church Divinity 1990/1991, ed. John H. Morgan ( Briston, IN: Wyndham Hall Press), 30-45.
1986 “Reviving the First Casualty: Reflections on the Truth About Nicaragua.” Special Supplement to Peace Notes (September/October 1986), 11pp.
Academic Lectures
2007 “‘Who Has Believed What We Have Heard?’: A Response to Denny Weaver’s The Nonviolent Atonement ,” Lecture presented at Mennonite Session, The American Academy of Religion, November, 17pp.
2007 “Forgiveness as a Way of Life: Reflections on ‘Why Truthfulness Requires Forgiveness” by Stanley Hauerwas,” a panel presentation to new faculty, EMU, August 14.
2007 “What Is ‘Christian Ethics’?” Invited lecture presented to the Anabaptist Biblical Institute, EMU, April 9.
2007 “Reflections on Yoder’s The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited,” Invited brief presentation at a day long seminar on this book by Yoder, EMU, March 16.
2006 “On Yoder as a Postliberal Theologian,” invited guest lecture in doctoral seminar on Postliberal theology in Jewish Perspective (taught by Peter Ochs), University of Virginia, October 24.
2006 “Is It a Mistake to Describe John Howard Yoder as ‘a Pacifist’?: Reflections on the Similarities and Differences Between Yoder and Hauerwas,” invited guest lecture in class on John Howard Yoder (taught by Gayle Gerber Koontz), AMBS, Elkhart, IN, October 12.
2006 “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Disturber of Our Peace” Guest lecture in literature class, “Ways of War and Peace,” EMU (March 15; invited; this is the third time I have done this lecture in this class)
2006 “Welcoming But Not Affirming: On Compassion, Fundamentalism and Being a Member of the Flat Earth Society.” I presented five variations of this lecture in various venues on the EMU campus (Feb. 2, 9, 10, 23; March 21; invited)
2006 “This Is the Beginning of Wisdom: On ‘Low Church’ Worship and Moral Formation” A lecture as a part of a panel, Society of Christian Ethics, Liturgy & Ethics section, January 7 (invited)
2005 “On Biblical Justice: Some Brief Responses to Chris Marshall.” A lecture in a symposium at EMU on Christopher Marshall’s recent book, Biblical Justice (Nov. 15, invited)
2005 “‘‘It Is We Who Ought to Be Converted, Not Hitler: On Bonhoeffer, Discipleship and the Jews.” Lecture presented at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in a series on the Holocaust (invited)
2005 “‘Great Scholars, Doctors, Academics: How Would You Demonstrate to Others That You Are True Disciples?’” Lecture for new faculty at EMU, orientation for teaching in an Anabaptist university (August 16); also presented as a key note lecture at the Anabaptist Learning Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland (September 21) (both invited)
2004 “The Politics of Jesus–Then and Now.” Lecture presented at God, Democracy and US Power: Believers Church Perspective , at Eastern Mennonite University and Bridgewater College, Sept. 23-25, 2004.
2004 “Being Anabaptist, 21 st Century Style,” School for Leadership Training, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, VA, Jan. 19-22, 2004.
2003 “From ‘Bolshevik’ Seed: On Being Anabaptist Today.” Eastern Mennonite University Forum, Harrisonburg, VA, Aug. 14, 2003.
2002 “Academic Freedom in the Context of an Anabaptist University.” Lecture presented at EMU faculty/staff conference, Harrisonburg, VA., Aug. 15-16, 2002.
2002 “Jesus’ Politics, Their Politics, and Ours.” Lecture presented at the annual conference of the Movement for a Christian Democracy , London, England, Jan. 4-6, 2002.
2002 “The Church as a Community of Radical Peacemaking.” Eastern & Thames North Synod, Ministers’ Spring School of the United Reformed Church. Conference hosting Stanley Hauerwas on the theme of “Resident Aliens,” April 21-22, 2002.
2001 “If Freedom, Justice and A Christian Nation are Bad Ideas, Then what Are We to Do?: Cues from Stanley Hauerwas on Being baptists After Christendom.” Lecture presented at the Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent’s Park College, the University of Oxford, May 24, 2001.
1999 “He Came Preaching Peace: The Ecumenical Peace Theology of John Howard Yoder.” Lecture presented at King’s College, London, England, June 1, 1999.
1999 Lecture at Conference of Movement for Christian Democracy, Chelmsford, England, Jan. 9, 1999.
1997 “Recovering Our First Language from Our First Community: Towards Biblical Insights into Non-Violence.” Lecture presented at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, London, England, Nov. 11, 1997 (and The Institute for Contemporary Christianity, London, England).
1997 “The Vocation of the Church of Jesus the Criminal: Reflections on the Writings of William Stringfellow by an Uncloseted Anabaptist.” Lecture presented in Oxford, England at conference on William Stringfellow, May 24, 1997.
1997 “Fools for Christ, Redeeming Everyday Life: Sharon Welch, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Christian Narrative.” Paper presented at Exeter College, University of Oxford, Feb. 21, 1997.
1996 “Fools for Christ, Redeeming Everyday Life: Sharon Welch, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Christian Narrative.” Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 23-26, 1996.
1995 “In Memory of Them, Anointing and Washing Feet: Reflections on Sharon Welch, Feminism, and Narrative.” Paper presented at the Society of Christian Ethics, Pacific Division, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 17, 1995.
Published Popular-Style Articles
1999 “John Howard Yoder 1927-1997.” Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter, 199-201. (Translated from English into German by Ruthild Foth.)
1998 “Helping Us See Jesus: John Howard Yoder 1927-1997.” Anabaptism Today (Spring 1998): 17-20.
1997 “Pacifist Patriotism.” Messenger 146/7 (July 1998): 22-23.
1997 “Seeking Discernment in the Land of John Smyth.” Anabaptism Today 15 (June 1997): 19-22.
1996 “Are We Losing Our Moorings While Gambling With Our Souls?” Gospel Herald (July 30, 1996): 6-8.
1996 “Are Christians Patriots? Should We Be?” Gospel Herald (July 2, 1996): 1-4.
Selected Bibliographies
2005 A Selected List of Commentaries for Preaching and Teaching, 24pp. (unpublished)
2005 “Homosexuality & the Christian Faith: A Selected Bibliography,” 13pp. (unpublished)
2002 Additions to “A Supplement to A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of John Howard Yoder ,” 8pp. (unpublished)
1999 “Supplement to ‘A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of John Howard Yoder’.” In The Wisdom of the Cross, above, 472-491.
1997 “Suggestions for Further Reading.” In Virtues & Practices in the Christian Tradition, above (at the end of each of twelve of the chapters).
1997 A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of John Howard Yoder. ( Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society).
1997 “A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of John Howard Yoder.” Mennonite Quarterly Review LXXI (January): 93-145.
1996 “Sources of the Contemporary Person: A Bibliographical Essay.” Unpublished essay written under a Pew Foundation Grant for the study of missions in the contemporary world, 52pp.
1996 “Sources of the Contemporary Person: A Bibliography.” Unpublished bibliography written under a Pew Foundation Grant for the study of missions in the contemporary world, 89 pp.
Selected Unpublished Papers
1998 “A Response to ‘Swiss Anabaptism and the Sword’ by Andy Potter (Anabaptist Today Autumn 1998, available thru the Anabaptist Network website), 7pp. (revised 2003/4)
1994 “Historicism as Metaethics: Alasdair MacIntyre and the Tasks of Metaethics,” 22pp.
1992 “In Memory of Them, Anointing and Washing Feet: Reflections on Sharon Welch, Feminism, and Narrative,” 43pp.
1991 “John H. Yoder in a Postliberal Context: Toward a Yoderian Theology,” 30pp.
1989 “What Kind of War Would We...Not Be...Eager For?: A Response to John Helgeland’s Re-reading of Early Church Pacifism,” 26pp.
1980 “Was the Confessing Church a Believers’ Church?: A Response to D. Durnbaugh,” 71pp.
1994 “Selected Bibliography of John H. Yoder on Ecclesiology and Ecumenism,” in The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical by John H. Yoder, edited by Michael G. Cartwright ( Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans), 374-382.
1987 “Nuclear Ethics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography.” TSF Bulletin 10/3 (Jan.-Feb.): 15-18.
Professional Conference Attendance
The American Academy of Religion (1992/1994/1996/2002-present (every year)
(meets in Novemember)
The Society of Christian Ethics (1986/2003-present (every year)
(meets in early January)
Courses Taught
Christian Tradition I and II, EMS, yearly (co-taught with a team of three)
Systematic Theology I and II, EMS, yearly
Anabaptist Theology, EMS, every second year
Anabaptism Today, EMS, every second year (distance learning version, every second year; one week version, Palmer Theological Seminary, every second year)
Human Sexuality in Theological Perspective, EMS, Fall 2004 (co-taught)
Love, Differences & Homosexuality in the Life of the Church, EMS, Fall 2003
Biblical Theology of Peace and Justice (undergraduate course), EMU, Fall 2003
Christian Ethics, EMS, yearly (co-taught)
Human Nature in Theological Perspective, EMS, Spring 2003
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Life, Theology & Witness (once every three years)
Theology & Postmodern Thought
Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1993-1994 (twice)
