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.

INTRODUCTION
Few books stand the test of time as this one has. Perhaps the fact that it is still so relevant rests in the circumstances of its genesis – in the courageous life of its author. Since it first appeared in English in 1972, André Trocmé’s Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution has influenced a whole stream of New Testament thinkers and peace activists.

Dozens of books about Christian ethics make reference to it, and proponents of nonviolence turn to it repeatedly for guidance. For example, significant portions of John Howard Yoder’s classic Politics of Jesus are based on Trocmé’s thesis. However, one cannot fully appreciate Trocmé’s ideas without some understanding of the man and of the amazing life story that forms the context for his message. ...

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CONTENTS
Introduction v
Preface xiii
Jesus and His Revolution 1
Jesus the Jew
Jesus Proclaims Jubilee
Implications of Jubilee
The “Politics” of Jesus
Ethics of the Revolution
Jesus and His Contemporaries 64
Precursors to Peace 65
Crises in Palestine 72
Resistance Movements 78
Seeds of Nonviolence 85
Another Way 93
Jesus and Revolutionary Nonviolence 104
The Radical Explosion 105
The Sword of the Spirit 115
Nonviolent Love and the Person 125
The Greatest Commandment 135
The Politics of Witness 146
God’s History 154
Notes 164
Select Bibliography 189

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