I HOPE A BETTER HOPE will be read as a hopeful book. John Howard Yoder observed that I have maximized the “provocative edge of the dissenting posture with titles like Against the Nations or Resident Aliens.”1 I do not deny that I love a good fight, but I also know that it is a mistake, at least if you are a Christian, to have your life or theology determined by who you think are your enemies. Christians know we will have enemies because we are told we must love our
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