Thinking Theologically about War against Iraq TED KOONTZ* From: The Mennonite Quarterly Review 77 (January, 2003), 93-108 Abstract: It is helpful to think in terms of a “first language” and a “second language” in seeking to address questions of war and peace. The ability to speak a second…
The Mennonite Year in Review “They Left Everything and Followed Him”: A Year of Finding a New Way to Community ROBERT RHODES[*] Jesus said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” . . . When they had done…
Mennonite World Conference 1925-2000: From Euro-American Conference to Worldwide Communion JOHN A. LAPP AND ED VAN STRATEN* Abstract: In 1925 Mennonites in Europe began a series of meetings they called Mennonite World Conference (MWC). They intended these occasional meetings to deepen fraternal ties, commemorate shared histories and strengthen common spiritual…
Atonement, Violence and the Will of God: A Sympathetic Response to J. Denny Weaver’s The Nonviolent Atonement CHRISTOPHER D. MARSHALL* Abstract: In the past generation, criticism of “satisfaction” theologies of atonement has grown in intensity, especially among feminist, womanist and black theologians. Mennonite theologian J. Denny Weaver has recently…
The “Green Hell” Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen A Review Essay GERHARD REIMER* Kaputi Mennonita, eine friedliche Begegnung im Chacokrieg. Collected and edited by Peter P. Klassen. Filadelfia, Paraguay: n.p. 1975. Pp. 166. Immer kreisen die Geier: Ein…
Not Pledging as Liturgy: Lessons from Karl Barth and American Mennonites on Refusing National Oaths JOHN PERRY* Abstract: Controversy over whether Christians may offer national oaths-such as Barth’s refusal of Hitler’s loyalty oath and the Mennonite debate about the Pledge of Allegiance-can help the church better understand its relation…
Key Decisions in the Lives of the Old Order Amish: Joining the Church and Migrating to Another Settlement LAWRENCE P. GREKSA AND JILL E. KORBIN* Abstract: The rates at which adult children migrate to other Amish settlements and decide to leave the Amish church were derived from the 1993 directory…
The Mennonite Presence in the Chaco from a Catholic Perspective LUCIO ALFERT[*] TRANSLATED BY C. J. DYCK Abstract: For nearly 500 years the political and cultural life of South America has been deeply shaped by the institutions and faith of the Catholic church. The growing presence…
The Role and Authority of the Lutheran Confessional Writings: Do Lutherans Really “Condemn the Anabaptists”? DAVID G. TRUEMPER* Abstract: Written for the opening session of a round of dialogue between the Mennonite Church USA and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this essay explores the nature of the…
Confessions of Faith in the Anabaptist/Mennonite Tradition THOMAS FINGER* Abstract: Mennonites are neither a creedal church nor a confessional one in the sense of adhering to a single authoritative confession. They are confessional, however, in the sense of having authored numerous confessions that at times have played important roles in…
