Vernard Marion Eller (July 11, 1927 – June 18, 2007) was an American author,
Christian pacifist and minister in the
Church of the Brethren
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. Born in
Everett,
Washington
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, and raised in
Wenatchee
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,
[ Eller graduated from the ]University of La Verne
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and Bethany Theological Seminary, then earned a master's degree from Northwestern University
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Charte ...
and a doctorate from Pacific School of Religion
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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)
References
External links
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1927 births
2007 deaths
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