News & Features
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John Roth, “Bearing Witness”
John Roth presents “‘Bearing Witness’ as Peacemaking” Goshen College Professor of History John D. Roth presented the 2013 C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Goshen College. He spoke on “A New Martyr’s Mirror for the 21st Century?” Roth discussed his new initiative, “The Global Anabaptist Profile and Suffering Church Project,” and [...]
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Dominique Burgunder-Johnson speaks
Dominique Burgunder-Johnson speaks on wildlife advocacy Dominique Burgunder-Johnson, History 2006 grad, guest lectured at Goshen College Thursday, March 7. She presented on her experiences with the National Wildlife Federation to students of various environmentally focused classes. Burgunder-Johnson advocates for wildlife conservation and awareness using online media, and is a self proclaimed “mountain hugger.”
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Anabaptist History in Paraguay
Anabaptist History in Paraguay May, 2013 By: John D. Roth In the past, I have led various May Term courses on “Anabaptist History in Europe,” visiting many of the historical sites associated with the emergence of the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century along with several contemporary Mennonite congregations. I continue to have many strong connections [...]
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New Public History Course
Public History and GC By: Steven M. Nolt Public historians take history beyond classroom walls and communicating to new audiences in new ways. Public history vocations include local historical society staff, cultural resources managers, museum professionals, historic preservationists, archivists, film and media producers, and policy advisors. GC students and alumni have been involved in public history in [...]
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Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism
Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism In recent decades, the most dramatic growth in the Anabaptist-Mennonite family of faith — as in the Christian church more generally — has occurred in countries outside of Europe and North America. Today there are some 1.7 million Anabaptist-Mennonites in the world, representing 227 groups in 83 countries. [...]
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The Battle for Wyse 3rd
Victorious in Second Battle for Wyse 3rd By Ted Maust Now there will be two footballs on the third floor of Wyse Hall, the academic home to the History Department, Bible, Religion & Philosophy Department, and Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies Department. Last year, an old deflated football, which sat above the cabinets in the kitchen and had the [...]
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History of the Southwest
History of the Southwest: A May Term to Remember Fifteen Goshen College students, along with History Professor Jan Bender Shetler, spent May term 2002 in Southwest Colorado. They studied regional history over the past thousand years through unconventional historical methods and materials such as archaeology, historical site survey, oral history and ethnographic participant/observation. Here’s the [...]
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Seeking Places of Peace
Seeking Places of Peace Steven M. Nolt is a professor of History at Goshen College and co-author, Royden Loewen, of Seeking Places of Peace. A Global Mennonite History, North America (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2012). This book is the fifth and final volume in the Global Mennonite History Series, which is sponsored by Mennonite World Conference. Seeking Places [...]
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Professor of History John D. Roth’s recent books
Learn about the beliefs, stories and practices of Mennonites
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Professor of History Steve Nolt’s recent books
New book offers insights into Amish spirituality
