Foreword by Willard M. Swartley     9
Editors’ Preface     12

1  Preemptive Peacemaking: Subverting Constantine Through a Better Story   •  17
By Brian McLaren

2  Liberalism: The New Constantinianism   •  28
By Craig A. Carter

 3  Keynoting the Keys: Unlocking the Gates to the Kingdom of God   •  55
By Sharon L. Baker

 4  Just Policing: A New Face to an Old Challenge   •  80
By Andy Alexis-Baker

 5  After Whiteness: Tradition, Virtue, and Theopolitical Nonviolence in a (Post)colonial Constantinian Age   •  100
By Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman

6  Against Empire: A Yoderian Reading of Romans   •  120
By Ted Grimsrud

7  Why the World Needs Christian Leaders Committed to Peacemaking   •  138
By Richard T. Hughes

8  Depravatio Crucis: The Non-Sovereignty of God in John Caputo’s Poetics of the Kingdom   •  148
By B. Keith Putt

9  A View from the Porch: A Case Study in Liminality and Local Theology   •  183
By James F. S. Amstutz

10  Is Voluntary Baptism the Answer to the Constantinian Question?   •  201
By Anthony Siegrist

11  Using Girard to Address Factions in a Christian Community   •  218
By Jean F. Risley

12  God in the Hands of Angry Sinners: The Misdiagnosis of Wrath and Ephesians 2   •  234
By David B. Miller

13  Matthew’s Post-War Lament: “We Made the Wrong Choice”   •  243
By Reta Halteman Finger

14  Must There Be Shunning? Tradition, Mimesis, and Resacralization in Historic Peace Church Orthopraxy   •  263
By Jonathan Sauder

The Index     289
The Contributors     296