Addressing the issue of capital punishment is always controversial. It is unlikely that any two people will have the exact same opinion. These authors seem to suggest that for capital punishment to be effective, it must come from a religious perspective. Whether this is true or not, it raises the question, “If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?” While it is obvious why a religious leader would want the religious perspective considered, from a governmental perspective, it is more an issue of enforcing the law. After studying a Christian, Protestant, and Jewish perspective on capital punishment, it can be concluded that (capital punishment IS in fact a controversial issue.) government enforcing the death penalty is an effort to preserve structure, whereas the theological perspective is redemption. Either way, the end result is the same.
John Howard Yoder’s article was written to the church, who has a clear, established......
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