Vernard Marion Eller (July 11, 1927 — June 18, 2007) was an American author, Christian pacifist and minister in the Church of the Brethren. Eller graduated from the University of La Verne and Bethany Theological Seminary, then went on to earn master’s degree from Northwestern University and a doctorate from Pacific School of Religion. He wrote over 20 books including The Mad Morality and Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers.
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 (1968)
His End Up: Getting God into the New Theology (1969) ISBN 0687170605
The Mad Morality: Or, the Ten Commandments Revisited (1970) ISBN 0687228999
The Promise: Ethics in the Kingdom of God (1970)
The Sex Manual for Puritans (1971) ISBN 0687383099
In Place of Sacraments: A Study of Baptism and the Lord's Supper (1972) ISBN 080281476X
King Jesus' Manual of Arms for the Armless: War and Peace from Genesis to Revelation (1973) ISBN 0687208858
The Simple Life: The Christian Stance Toward Possessions (1973) ISBN 0802815375
The Most Revealing Book of the Bible: Making Sense out of Revelation (1974) ISBN 0802815723
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 0871781530
Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader (1980) ISBN 0802835449
The Language of Canaan and the Grammar of Feminism (1982) ISBN 0802819028
Pearl of Christian Counsel for the Brokenhearted (1983, with Rosanna Eller McFadden) ISBN 0819128511
Towering Babble: God's People Without God's Word (1983) ISBN 0871788551
The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought: Two Studies from the Gospel of John (1987) ISBN 0802802753
Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers (1987) ISBN 1579102220
Proclaim Good Tidings: Evangelism for the Faith Community (1987) ISBN 0871784874
Eller's Ethical Elucidations: Collected Readings on Christian Ethics (1970—89) (1989)
The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church (2003) ISBN 1592442943
War and Peace: From Genesis to Revelation (2003) ISBN 1592442331