Vernard Marion Eller (July 11, 1927 – June 18, 2007) was an American author, Christian pacifist and minister in the

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. Born in Everett,

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, and raised in

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, Eller graduated from the

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and Bethany Theological Seminary, then earned a master's degree from

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and a doctorate from

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. He was professor of philosophy and religion at the University of La Verne for thirty-four years. He wrote over 20 books including ''The Mad Morality'' and ''Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers''.

Bibliography

In addition to several essays, reviews, and monographs, Eller's publications include: *''A Protestant's Protestant: Kierkegaard from a New Perspective'' (1964), republished a
''Kierkegaard and Radical Discipleship: a New Perspective''
(1968) *''His End Up: Getting God into the New Theology'' (1969) *''The Mad Morality: Or, the Ten Commandments Revisited'' (1970) *''The Promise: Ethics in the Kingdom of God'' (1970) *''The Sex Manual for Puritans'' (1971) *''In Place of Sacraments: A Study of Baptism and the Lord's Supper'' (1972) *''King Jesus' Manual of Arms for the Armless: War and Peace from Genesis to Revelation'' (1973) *''The Simple Life: The Christian Stance Toward Possessions'' (1973) *''The Most Revealing Book of the Bible: Making Sense out of Revelation'' (1974) *''The Time So Urgent: A Play'' or ''The Time So Urgent: A Chancel Drama: The Story of Alexander Mack and the Founding of the Brethren (Schwarzenau, Germany, 1708)'' (1974) *''Cleaning Up the Christian Vocabulary'' (1976) *''Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader'' (1980) *''The Language of Canaan and the Grammar of Feminism'' (1982) *''Pearl of Christian Counsel for the Brokenhearted'' (1983, with Rosanna Eller McFadden) *''Towering Babble: God's People Without God's Word'' (1983) *''The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought: Two Studies from the Gospel of John'' (1987) *''Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers'' (1987)
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*''Proclaim Good Tidings: Evangelism for the Faith Community'' (1987) *''Eller's Ethical Elucidations: Collected Readings on Christian Ethics (1970–89)'' (1989) *''The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church'' (2003) *''War and Peace: From Genesis to Revelation'' (2003)

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