A Genealogy of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective SUSAN BIESECKER-MAST* Abstract: This essay offers a genealogy, in the Foucauldian sense, of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. Thus, it provides an account of the origins of the document and its uses over time with…
Mennonite Cookbooks and the Pleasure of Habit REBEKAH TROLLINGER* Abstract: This paper seeks to understand how Mennonite cookbooks reflect and encourage particular responses to the crisis of world hunger and other justice issues related to food. Whereas American culture promotes a compulsive relationship to food, often through the guise of…
A Divided People: The Dissolution of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1990-2002) LAURA NEUFELD* Abstract: In 1999, the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, which united the Canadian and U.S. Mennonite Brethren for over one hundred years, voted to dissolve and divest its ministries to two national conferences.
This Reckless Journey: Immanence and Transcendence in the Poetry of Jean Janzen Todd Davis* Abstract: From her earliest work as a writer, Jean Janzens poetry has explored the incarnational dimension of human existence, moving back and forth between her…
Recent Mennonite Poetry: A Review Essay RHODA JANZEN* I Saw God Dancing. By Cheryl Denise. Telford, Pa.: Dreamseeker Poetry Series, vol. 2. 2005. Pp. 90. $12.95. On the Cross: Devotional Poems. By Dallas Wiebe. Telford, Pa.: Dreamseeker Poetry Series, vol. 1. 2005. Pp. 96. $12.95. With illustrations…
Peace Theology in Transition: North American Mennonite Peace Studies and Theology, 1906-2006 GAYLE GERBER KOONTZ* Abstract: Mennonite peace theology in the past 100 years shifted from an emphasis on nonresistance and the witness of a set-apart community toward an emphasis on nonviolent resistance and active engagement of the church…
The Mennonite Historical Library and the Renewing of a Tradition JOHN A. LAPP* My remarks are dedicated to the memory of two remarkable contributors to the character and quality of the Mennonite Historical Library. I had the great privilege and pleasure of working with Nelson Springer and John Oyer for…
The Dichotomy Between Faithfulness and Effectiveness in the Peace Theology of John Howard Yoder TOM HARDER* Abstract: In his groundbreaking essays and books, John Howard Yoder consistently argued for the primacy of faithfulness over effectiveness in a theology and ethics of peace. At the same time, however, he also argued…
Teaching Position or Conversation Starter’ The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective and the New Mennonites of Southern California JEFF WRIGHT* Abstract: The Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference expanded rapidly through a strategy of leadership-based church planting in Southern California throughout the latter half of the 1990s. Nearly all of…
The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective as a Living Letter THOMAS FINGER* Abstract: A confession of faith is not a static collection of statements, but an instrument for “confessing,” a dynamic activity that expresses commitments, actualizes self- and group-identities, and brings divine reality near. After considering four…
