Contents of Volume XCIII April 2019 Number Two In This Issue April 2019 Overview by John D. Roth, editor In Memoriam – William Klassen (1930-2019) “An Enduring Peace” – An Artistic Homage to Alan Kreider Andy Alexis-Baker “Why do we preach as we do?”: The Bivocal…
Contents of Volume XCIII January 2019 Number One In This Issue January 2019 Overview by John D. Roth, editor In This Issue “Part of the Authority Structure”: An Organizational History of Mennonite Indian Residential Schools in Ontario Anthony G. Siegrist Henry VIII’s March 1535 Proclamation against Anabaptists Reconsidered…
Contents of Volume XCII October 2018 Number Four In This Issue Overview by John D. Roth, editor A Narrow Gate? Proceeding along the Way of Jesus by the Spirit Nancy Elizabeth Bedford Believers’ Church and the (Counter) Political: The Promise of Anabaptist Ecclesiology in the South…
Contents of Volume XCII October 2018 Number Four In This Issue Overview by John D. Roth, editor A Narrow Gate? Proceeding along the Way of Jesus by the Spirit Nancy Elizabeth Bedford Believers’ Church and the (Counter) Political: The Promise of Anabaptist Ecclesiology in the South African…
Contents of Volume XCII July 2018 Number Three In This Issue Overview by John D. Roth, editor Mwali and the Brethren in Christ: Embodied Spiritual Rivalry in Colonial Matabeleland Wendy Urban-Mead “By the Hand of a Woman”: Gender, Nationalism, and the Origins of Mennonite History Writing Benjamin…
"This Reckless Journey": Immanence and Transcendence in the Poetry of Jean Janzen TODD DAVIS* Abstract: From her earliest work as a writer, Jean Janzen’s poetry has explored the incarnational dimension of human existence, moving back and forth between her strong belief in the presence of God in the natural…
Everyday Mysteries: A Religious Life in the Real World KATHLEEN NORRIS* Writers and religious people take a bum rap as being ?other-worldly,? not grounded in the real world. But I have long considered that a convenient little fib. Ever since I encountered John Keats’s great poem ?Ode on a Grecian…
Moving Beyond Charisma in Civil Rights Scholarship: Vincent Harding’s Sojourn with the Mennonites, 1958-1966 TOBIN MILLER SHEARER* Abstract: This essay traces the Mennonite sojourn of African-American pastor, scholar and activist Vincent Harding and examines his position in between the Civil Rights Movement and the Mennonite community. In 1963, the…
Understanding the Amish in Twentieth-First Century America PAUL S. BOYER* Abstract: This essay examines Amish negotiations with modernity and society’s view of the Amish. Far from categorically rejecting the modern order, the Amish successfully participate in the larger economy and evaluate new technologies on the basis of their impact…
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Papers: ?Anabaptist Convictions after Marpeck’?an inter-disciplinary conference to be held at Bluffton University, June 26-28, 2009. Proposals are invited for papers that address the emergence and development of Anabaptist convictions in light of the work and life of Pilgram Marpeck and of the Marpeck circle.
