Course Introduction — Start Here
Module 1
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Lecture 1 – Introduction to Peace in the New Testament (13:42)
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Video Clip — Lisa Sharon Harper: "What Is The Gospel?" (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Erwin Raphael McManus: "Beauty and Violence" (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Listening — Brian Zahnd: “The Sermon on the Mount and Caesar’s Sword”
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Supplemental Reading – Eberhard Arnold, 'Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,' chps. 1–3
Module 2
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Lecture 2 – Sermon on the Mount: the Way of the Cross at the Core of Jesus’ Teaching (23:56)
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Video Clip — Brian Zahnd: "The Cruciform Model of Beauty" (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Walter Brueggemann: "An Alternative Way" (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Eberhard Arnold, ‘Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,’ chps. 4–6.
Module 3
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Lecture 3 – The Cross of Christ as Reconciliation, God’s Self-revelation and Nonviolent Victory (19:15)
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Video Clip — James Alison: "The Angry Deity" (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Brad Jersak: "The Gospel in Chairs"
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Supplemental Viewing – Brian Zahnd: "Closing the Book on Vengeance"
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Supplemental Reading — Eberhard Arnold, ‘Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,’ chps. 7–9.
Module 4
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Lecture 5 – Violent Rhetoric in the Gospel Parables, Epistolary Sermons and Apocalyptic Discourse (18:01)
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Video Clip — Brian McLaren: "Jesus and the Kingdom" (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Matthew 22:1‐14 – 'Unchristlike Images of God in Matthean Parables': A Mini‐Minyan with Brad Jersak, Brian Zahnd, Derek Flood and Andrew Klager
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Supplemental Reading — Eberhard Arnold, ‘Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,’ chps. 10–12.
Module 5
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Lecture 7 – Apostolic Response to Violence (Religious and Political): Part 1 - Paul (22:25)
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Video Clip — Sarah Bessey: "El Shaddad" (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Miroslav Volf: "Love Your Enemy" (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Derek Flood: "The Way of Peace and Grace: How Paul Wrestled with Violent Passages in the Hebrew Bible"
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Supplemental Reading — Eberhard Arnold, ‘Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,’ chps. 13-15.
Module 6
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Lecture 6 – Apostolic Response to Violence (Religious and Political): Part 2 – Peter and John (13:06)
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Video Clip — Fr. Richard Rohr: "A Poor and Divided Humanity" (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Listening – Brian Zahnd: "When the Devil Met Jesus"
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Supplemental Talk – Ted Grimsrud: The Triumph of the Lamb: The Gospel of Revelation (35:14)
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Supplemental Reading – Brad Jersak: “'I saw a Lamb': Christotelic Hermeneutics and the Apocalypse of John"
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Supplemental Reading — Eberhard Arnold, ‘Salt and Light: Living the Sermon on the Mount,’ chps. 16–17.
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