Church of the Brethren pastor and academic, coiner of the term "Christian anarchy"
Vernard Marion Eller (July 11, 1927 – June 18, 2007) was an American author, Christian pacifist and minister in the Church of the Brethren . Born in Everett , Washington , and raised in Wenatchee ,[1] University of La Verne and Bethany Theological Seminary , then earned a master's degree from Northwestern University and a doctorate from Pacific School of Religion . He was professor of philosophy and religion at the University of La Verne for thirty-four years. He wrote over 20 books including The Mad Morality and Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers .[1] [2]
In addition to several essays, reviews, and monographs, Eller's publications include:
A Protestant's Protestant: Kierkegaard from a New Perspective (1964), republished as Kierkegaard and Radical Discipleship: a New Perspective His End Up: Getting God into the New Theology (1969) ISBN 0-687-17060-5 The Mad Morality: Or, the Ten Commandments Revisited (1970) ISBN 0-687-22899-9 The Promise: Ethics in the Kingdom of God (1970)The Sex Manual for Puritans (1971) ISBN 0-687-38309-9 In Place of Sacraments: A Study of Baptism and the Lord's Supper (1972) ISBN 0-8028-1476-X King Jesus' Manual of Arms for the Armless: War and Peace from Genesis to Revelation (1973) ISBN 0-687-20885-8 The Simple Life: The Christian Stance Toward Possessions (1973) ISBN 0-8028-1537-5 The Most Revealing Book of the Bible: Making Sense out of Revelation (1974) ISBN 0-8028-1572-3 The Time So Urgent: A Play or The Time So Urgent: A Chancel Drama: The Story of Alexander Mack and the Founding of the Brethren (Schwarzenau, Germany, 1708) (1974)Cleaning Up the Christian Vocabulary (1976) ISBN 0-87178-153-0 Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader (1980) ISBN 0-8028-3544-9 The Language of Canaan and the Grammar of Feminism (1982) ISBN 0-8028-1902-8 Pearl of Christian Counsel for the Brokenhearted (1983, with Rosanna Eller McFadden) ISBN 0-8191-2851-1 Towering Babble: God's People Without God's Word (1983) ISBN 0-87178-855-1 The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought: Two Studies from the Gospel of John (1987) ISBN 0-8028-0275-3 Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers (1987) ISBN 1-57910-222-0 Complete e-text .Proclaim Good Tidings: Evangelism for the Faith Community (1987) ISBN 0-87178-487-4 Eller's Ethical Elucidations: Collected Readings on Christian Ethics (1970–89) (1989)The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church (2003) ISBN 1-59244-294-3 War and Peace: From Genesis to Revelation (2003) ISBN 1-59244-233-1 
