Author Addresses 3 In This Issue 5 Mennonite World Conference, 1925-2000: From Euro-American Conference to Worldwide Communion John A. Lapp and Ed van Straten 7 A Mennonite-Christian View of Suffering: The Case of Russian Mennonites in the 1930s and 1940s 47 Harry Loewen Atonement, Violence and the Will of God: A Sympathetic Response to J. Denny Weaver?s The Nonviolent Atonement 69 Christopher D. Marshall Thinking Theologically About War Against Iraq 93 Ted Koontz Amish Tourism: ?Visiting Shipshewana is Better Than Going to the Mall? 109 Thomas J. Meyers The Mennonite Year in Review ? ?They Left Everything and Followed Him?: A Year of Finding a New Way to Community 127 Robert Rhodes News and Announcements 136
Book Reviews 139 Marshall, Christopher D. Crowned with Glory and Honor: Human Rights in the Biblical Tradition. Reviewed by Martin Shupack Peachey, Paul. Leaving and Clinging: The Human Significance of the Conjugal Union. Reviewed by Gayle Gerber Koontz Schmidt, Kimberly D., Diane Zimmerman Umble and Steven D. Reschly. Strangers at Home. Amish and Mennonite Women in History. Reviewed by Karen Johnson-Weiner Horst, Isaac R. A Separate People: An Insider?s View of Old Order Mennonite Customs and Traditions. Horst, Isaac R. Bei sich selwer un ungwehnlich: Alt Mennischde Weg vun Lewe in Ontario, zwett auflage / Separate and Peculiar: Old Order Mennonite Life in Ontario. 2nd ed. Reviewed by Steven Nolt Hess, Clarke. Mennonite Arts. Reviewed by Ervin Beck Kraybill, Donald B. The Riddle of Amish Culture (rev. ed.). Reviewed by Bruce Tharpe Redekop, Calvin W. The Pax Story: Service in the Name of Christ 1951-1976. Reviewed by Marion Wenger Wenger, Esther, Malcolm Wenger and Ann Wenger. Healing the Wounds: One Family?s Journey Among the Northern Cheyenne. Reviewed by Janet Shoemaker
Book Notes 158 Baumen, Chad Mullet and James R. Kraybill, eds. Anabaptism and Mission: A Bibliography, 1859-2000. Krabill, James R., ed. Mission Insight: Handing on the Legacy. Mission Issues and Stories from Mennonite Board of Missions. Voogt, Gerrit. Constraint on Trial: Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious Freedom. Sider, E. Morris. Canadian Portraits: Brethren in Christ Biographical Sketches. Littell, Franklin H. Historical Atlas of Christianity. Cruz, Daniel Shank, ed. How Julia Kasdorf Changed My Life: Reflections on Mennonite Identity.
In This Issue 163 Retrospect and Apologia 167 Dennis Martin From New Congregations to the Ancient Church 197 A. Orley Swartzentruber Reflections on Growing Up Mennonite in Lancaster County 217 Mary Jean Kraybill On Being a Mennonite Catholic 235 Ivan Kauffman Reflections on a Half-Century of Mennonite Change 257 John W. Meyer Living Like a Mennonite 277 Arthur J. Dyck Coming Home to Darkness 295 LeRoy Friesen Becoming a Mennonite Quaker 323 Lois Frey News and Announcements 329
Book Reviews 333 Muller, Charles R. Soap Hollow: The Furniture and Its Makers. Reviewed by Ervin Beck Weaver-Zercher, David. The Amish in the American Imagination. Reviewed by Levi Miller Redekop, Calvin W. The Pax Story: Service in the Name of Christ, 1951-1976. Reviewed by J. Howard Kauffman Reynolds, Margaret C. Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren. Reviewed by Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Ahlgrim, Ryan. Not as the Scribes: Jesus as a Model for Prophetic Preaching. Reviewed by Daniel P. Schrock Toews, John B., ed. and trans. The Diaries of David Epp 1837-1843. Toews, John B., ed. The Story of the Early Mennonite Brethren (1860-1869): Reflections of a Lutheran Churchman. Reviewed by John Thiesen Weaver, J. Denny. Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity: A Proposal for the Third Millennium.Reviewed by Harry Huebner Vaux, Kenneth L. Ethics and the War on Terrorism. Reviewed by Tripp York
Book Note Watt, David Harrington. Bible-Carrying Christians: Conservative Protestants and Social Power. Noted by Emily Hershberger
Author Addresses 352
In This Issue 355 John Howard Yoder: Mennonite, Evangelical, Catholic 357 Mark Thiessen Nation John Howard Yoder?s Role in ?The Lordship of Christ Over Church and State? Conferences 371 Donald F. Durnbaugh The Legacy of an Inadequate Christology: Yoder?s Critique of Niebuhr?s Christ and Culture 387 Craig A. Carter Pacifism and Knowing: ?Truth? in the Theological Ethics of John Howard Yoder 403 Ted Grimsrud Theological Foundations for an Ethics of Nonviolence: Was Yoder?s God a Warrior? 417 Ray C. Gingerich Yoder?s Jesus and Economics: The Economics of Jesus or the Economics of Luke? 437 John Zimmerman The John Howard Yoder Legacy: Whither the Second Generation? 451 J. Denny Weaver News and Announcements 473
Book Reviews 477 Shaffer, Thomas L. Moral Memoranda from John Howard Yoder. Reviewed by Andrew W. McThenia, Jr. Seebass, Gottfried. Mntzers Erbe. Werk, Leben und Theologie des Hans Hut. Reviewed by Tom Scott Ebersole, Rebecca L., Dorcas I. Steckbeck and E. Morris Sider, eds. Celebrating Women?s Stories: Faith Through Life?s Seasons. Reviewed by Mary Swartley Lehman, James O. Mennonite Tent Revivals, Howard Hammer and Myron Augsburger 1952-1962. Reviewed by James Juhnke Longenecker, Stephen L. Shenandoah Religion: Outsiders and the Mainstream, 1716-1865. Reviewed by Gerald R. Brunk Schrock, Frederick J. The Amish Christian Church. Reviewed by Stephen Scott Dyck, Jacob J. Am Trakt to America: A History and Genealogy for the Descendants of Jacob J. Dyck and Marie G. Harder and Sixty Years of Silence: The Dyck Family in Soviet Russia. Reviewed by Lawrence Klippenstein Remple, Henry D. From Bolshevik Russia to America: A Mennonite Family Story. Reviewed by Lawrence Klippenstein Niebuhr, Gundolf, ed. Jahrbuch fr Geschichte und Kultur der Mennoniten in Paraguay. Reviewed by Cornelius J. Dyck
Book Notes (Noted by Jeremy Garber) 494
Stutzman, Ervin R. Tobias of the Amish: A True Story of Tangled Strands in Faith, Family and Community. Sharp, John E., ed. Gathering at the Hearth: Stories Mennonites Tell. Schiedel, Mary A. Pioneers in Ministry: Women Pastors in Ontario Mennonite Churches, 1973-2003. Schwartzentruber, Hubert. Jesus in Back Alleys: The Story and Reflections of a Contemporary Prophet. Author Addresses 496 Tribute to Ervin Beck 501 In This Issue 503 Postmodern Rhapsody: Faithful Negotiations in the Poetry of Jeff Gundy 507 Todd Davis Coming Into Voice: Three Mennonite Women Poets and the Beginning of Mennonite Poetry in the United States 521 Ann Hostetler The Beloved, Ambivalent Community: Mennonite Poets and the Postmodern Church 547 David Wright Yorifumi Yaguchi: International Poet and Prophet of Peace 559 Wilbur Birky Eve?s Striptease: What?s in a Name? 579 John J. Fisher ?Sloughing Off Ribs?: Revealing The Second Sex in Julia Kasdorf?s Poetry 589 Beth Martin Birky Memory Lost and Found: Inspired Forgetfulness in Julia Kasdorf?s The Body and the Book 613 Susan Fisher Miller Between Memory and Longing: Rudy Wiebe?s Sweeter Than All the World 619 Hildi Froese Tiessen Resolving Dualisms in David Bergen?s Sitting Opposite My Brother 637 Ervin Beck Putting Herself Forward: Naming and Performance in Sandra Birdsell?s The Russlnder 647 Paul Tiessen Searching for Intruders: The Story Behind the Novel 663 Carroll Yoder The Construction of Mennonite/Amish Character in Novels by John Updike and Denis Johnson 671 Daniel W. Lehman Tributes 685 To Harry Loewen by Paul Tiessen To Yorifumi Yaguchi by Wilbur Birky To Barbara Claassen Smucker by Elaine Sommers Rich To Rudy Wiebe by Hildi Froese Tiessen News and Announcements 693 Book Reviews 697 Bergen, David. The Case of Lena S. Reviewed by Brad S. Born Friesen, Patrick. The Breath You Take from the Lord. Reviewed by Rhoda Janzen Good, Merle and Phyllis Pellman Good, eds. What Mennonites are Thinking: 2002. Reviewed by Jeremy Garber Gundy, Jeff. Scattering Point: The World in a Mennonite Eye. Reviewed by Shari Miller Wagner Kasdorf, Julia. Fixing Tradition: Joseph W. Yoder, Amish American. Reviewed by Theron F. Schlabach Mierau, Maurice. Ending with Music. Reviewed by Kevin Saylor Mock, Melanie Springer. Writing Peace: The Unheard Voices of Great War Mennonite Objectors. Reviewed by Rachel Waltner Goossen Waltner-Toews, David. The Fat Lady Struck Dumb. Reviewed by Jeff Gundy Hostetler, Ann, ed. A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry. Reviewed by Jessica Lapp David, Todd. Ripe: Poem. Reviewed by Victor Jarrett Enns Hostetler, Ann. Empty Room With Light: Poems. Reviewed by Lamar Nisly Janzen, Jean. Tasting the Dust. Reviewed by Darlene Mathis Eddy Wiebe, Rudy. Sweeter Than All the World. Reviewed by John L. Ruth Author Addresses 731 Contents of Volume LXXVII (2003) 732 |