Jesus Christ, Peacemaker: A New Theology of Peace

by Terrence J. Rynne · 2014

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This path breaking book shows how the early church took seriously the “hard sayings” of the Sermon on the Mount, put them into practice even in the teeth of violent repression, and, as a result of imitating Jesus’ lifestyle, converted much of the Roman Empire.

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