Lee Griffith - God Is Subversive (Eerdmans, 2011).

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"Lee Griffith is a prophet among prophets, and his new book is the most brilliant reflection on Christianity and nonviolence to appear in the twenty-first century... Griffith offers both a scorching critique of the virtues and practices of the so-called American Empire and a prayerful plea that disciples of Jesus will at last begin to conspire with the Spirit of God in a way that subverts violence, economic injustice, and divisions among humanity. But what sets this book apart from other anti-empire books is that it commends nothing less than Christian anarchy — a biblical vision long ignored or flatly dismissed by even progressive Christians. In this sense, God Is Subversive is arguably the most creative expression of Christian radicalism today."

--Michael G. Long, Elizabethtown College


To Lee Griffith, being a peacemaker means much more than sporting "PEACE" T-shirts or voting for left-wing political candidates. Peacemaking is for him a daily practice of community formation, lifestyle decisions, and prayer - ordinary living that is faithful to the gospel and happily out of sync with most of the world most of the time - and it is a vital part of following Jesus Christ.

In these challenging talks, Griffith - a veteran anti-war activist who has been arrested many times for his pro-peace demonstrations - sets forth a solidly biblical argument for uncompromising nonviolence. Along the way, he describes encounters with dumpster divers and prostitutes, with bag ladies and judges, with people who hear voices and see ghosts - and he shares how, through these encounters and more, he has come to know better the subversive God of the gospel.