Bibliography on Conscientious Objection (prepared by David Mycoff)

• Living Toward a Vision: Biblical Reflections of Shalom
  A rich and accessible discussion of concept of Shalom as the focal point of Christian vocation to peace and justice by one the world's most esteemed biblical scholars.
• Peace
  Further elaboration of the themes of Living Toward a Vision.
• The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence
  A synthesis of several books by this author, proposing an innovative peace theology from the Roman Catholic tradition. Harder going than Brueggemann but appropriate for theologically informed laypeople.
• Why I Am a Conscientious Objector
  Concise and accessible discussion from a tradition Peace Church perspective. Good beginning source.
• On War and Morality
  A highly regarded, advanced level examination by a prominent Quaker philosopher.
• Pacifism, Church and State
  A twenty-two page pamphlet intended for laypeople in the Church of England.
• Of Love and War
  Readable but challenging essays and poems by the internationally known feminist-liberationist theologian.
• Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War
  Essays by prominent theologians and peace studies academicians. Accessible to the general leader.
• A Just Peace Church: The Peace Theology Development Team
  Accessible theological essays commissioned by the UCC General Synod.
• Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation
  Essays and articles on a variety of peace, justice, and nonviolence topics that originally appeared in Fellowship, the journal of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, over a time span from the early twentieth century to the present.
• Ain't Gonna Study War No More: Biblical Ambiguity and the Abolition of War
  Readable study of violence and nonviolence in the Bible, from a scholarly Reformed Church perspective.
• Nevertheless: Varieties of Religious Pacifism
  Revised and expanded edition. Concise survey of different kinds of pacifism, with brief, trenchant discussions of their pros and cons.
• What Would You Do? A Serious Answer to a Standard Question
  Expanded edition. In the first half of this class and lucid book, Yoder himself examines the question frequently asked of applicants for conscientious objector status, "What would you do if a violent person threatened harm to a loved one?" Yoder discusses the relevance and irrelevance of this question to the problem of modern warfare and provides perspectives from an Historic Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. In the second part of the book, a number of famous people give their responses to the same problems.
• When War is Unjust: Being Honest in Just War Thinking
  Revised edition. Reprinted Wipf and Stock Publishers. A probing critique of mainstream Protestant and Roman Catholic versions of Just War theory. Includes a reply by Drew Christiansen S.J.

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