Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution
André Trocmé
André Trocmé (1901-1971) is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis, as pastor of the French village of Le Chambon. But his bold deeds did not spring from a void. They were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence and the social implications of Jesus’ proclamation of the Kingdom of God on earth.
In this book, you’ll encounter a Jesus you may have never met before–a Jesus who not only calls for spiritual transformation, but for practical changes that answer the most perplexing political, economic, and social problems of our time.
Newly revised and expanded, this edition includes a concise biography of André Trocmé, and extensive notes on how contemporary thinkers have grappled with his ideas.
Praise for Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution
Stanley Hauerwas
Duke Divinity School
This book–and especially this newly expanded edition–deserves to be more widely known, and not only because it was so influential on John Howard Yoder…Trocmé’s focus saves any account of salvation from pietistic distortion…His comparison of Gandhi and Jesus is also extremely important.
Walter Wink
Auburn Theological Seminary
Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution is one of the most important writings on nonviolence ever penned. Andre Trocme not only lays out his principles with astonishing clarity, but he lived them out at great risk. I can think of no better place to begin the study of this timely subject.
Andy Crouch
Re:generation Quarterly
Andre Trocme brings a ground-breaking historical clarity to Jesus’ life and teachings. The result is a vision for Jesus’ followers that is unsettling, exhilarating, and–most amazing of all–possible.
John Dear
Author, Jesus the Rebel
Gandhi once said that Jesus was the greatest practitioner of nonviolence in history and that the only people who do not know that Jesus was nonviolent are Christians. Now more than ever, we need to study and imitate the nonviolent Jesus. This classic text by a legendary Christian peacemaker is a must for anyone who is concerned not only about the world’s wars and violence, but who wants to know what Jesus would do. It is a great source of inspiration and encouragement.
Vernon Grounds
Denver Seminary
Andre Trocme has been one of my heroes for years. He was an outstanding model of reconciling grace, and his book, like few others, sets forth an amazingly convincing case for biblical peacemaking.
Donald Kraybill
Author, The Upside-Down Kingdom
Andre Trocme has the prophetic gift of bypassing doctrinal fluff and cutting to the heart of Jesus’ message: a stark call for repentance, love and socio-economic change. A prophet for the 21st century, Trocme speaks in plain and simple words we can understand but may not want to hear. Read him with caution: this book may change your life.
Ched Myers
Author, Who Will Roll Away the Stone?
Trocme pioneered territory where many of us now dwell, and opened doors we seek still to pass through…It is wonderful that a new generation might come to know this book: it represents a continuing light in our darkness.
Charles Scriven
Author, The Transformation of Culture
In this new edition of Andre Trocme’s classic work, the genius of a pastor-revolutionary shines through once more, magnified under the light of notes that reinforce his startling conception of witness and hope.
Glen Stassen
Fuller Theological Seminary
In a time when the church is being seduced by the concentration of power and violence, this book gives us the ethic we need to remain faithful. Almost all the major themes on which John Howard Yoder later based his classic Politics of Jesus are here—in briefer and highly readable form.
Craig Keener
Eastern Seminary
Trocmé’s courage in the face of Nazi oppression is reason enough to give him a fresh hearing in a world of continuing injustice and rising ethnic hatreds. One need not agree with every point to learn from his vision of justice—a vision to which we often give lip-service while neglecting its challenge in our daily lives.
