Practicing Discipleship: Lived Theologies of Nonviolence in Conversation with the Doctrine of the United Methodist Church

Despite a plurality of doctrinal statements on war peace and nonviolence some United Methodists sustain a commitment to nonviolence. Through qualitative research Practicing Discipleship draws out lived theologies of nonviolence in order to understand how nonviolent United Methodists define ground and practice nonviolence and to give that voice opportunity to challenge church doctrine and thereby the wider church. An analysis of statements from the Book of Disciplines and the Book of Resolutions ...See More