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Exploring the implications of Jesus' life, this book delves into the character of God through a nonviolent lens. It challenges traditional atonement images by emphasizing Jesus' rejection of violence, encouraging readers to understand God in a nonviolent context. The author invites a reexamination of faith and atonement, urging a shift towards embracing a nonviolent interpretation of divine love and justice. Through this exploration, the book addresses profound theological questions sparked by a child's innocent inquiry.

"This accessible history tells the story of how adult Christians of the 1500s shaped the Anabaptist believers church tradition, which lives on today and can be joined by any who identify with Anabaptist understandings of following Christ"--

Drawing on postmodern as well as black, feminist, and womanist insights, Weaver shows that peace-oriented Anabaptist-Mennonite thought contains seeds of a theology that is biblical but poses an alternative to the theology of Christendom, which accommodates violence.