As foreword writer John Paul Lederach mentions, the book reads almost like a novelin the sense that Zimmerman has managed skillfully to weave together the elements of Yoders thought with factors in Yoders personal as well as church-related narrative which helped shape Yoders thought. Readers will emerge from engagement with Practicing the Politics of Jesus with new understanding of both what for Yoder Jesus politics are and how Yoders perspectives came to fruition. North American and Western Christians are up against powerful business, media, and military institutions that dominate the public square. It becomes increasingly difficult to carve out a space in which virtuous lives can be formed. The task, as Zimmerman based on Yoder helps us conceptualize it, is to create and nurture welcoming communities shaped by the compassion and revolutionary social relationships modeled in the life and vision of Jesus. We become communities in exile, shaped by Scripture and following Jesus, in a society dominated by violence and greed.