John D. Roth
John D. Roth | |
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| Born | 1960 Aibonito, Puerto Rico |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Mennonites, Amish |
| Notable works | Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice, Choosing Against War: A Christian View, Stories: How Mennonites Came to Be, and Teaching that Transforms: Why Anabaptist-Mennonite Education Matters |
John D. Roth (born 1960) was a professor of history at
Roth edited Constantine Revisited: Leithart, Yoder, and the Constantinian Debate, a collection of essays by Christian pacifists criticizing Peter Leithart's argument that Constantine steered the Church in the wrong direction by abandoning Christ's doctrine of nonviolence, exemplified by his willingness to die rather than defend himself, and arguing instead that God did not want Christians to live as a powerless, oppressed minority.[4]
In 2022 he retired from teaching at Goshen College to take a new position as project director of "Anabaptism at 500," an initiative of MennoMedia to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Anabaptist beginnings that will culminate in 2025.
References
- ^ MQR profile
- ^ Friesch Dagblad
- ^ Christianity Today Library
- ^ Roth, John D. (3 June 2014). "Constantine Revisited: Leithart, Yoder, and the Constantinian Debate". The Christian Century. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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