Contents of Volume LXXVI October 2002 Number Four In This Issue 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 Worldly Preachers and…
Contents of Volume LXXVI July 2002 Number Three In Memoriam: Jarold K. Zeman, 1926-2000 In This Issue A Historical and Theological Context for Mennonite-Lutheran Dialogue John D. Roth Confessions of Faith in the Anabaptist/Mennonite Tradition…
Contents of Volume LXXVI April 2002 Number Two In This Issue John D. Roth Historical Roots of a Post-Gulag Theology for Russian Mennonites Walter Sawatsky John Howard Yoder’s Pedagogical Approach: A Just War Tradition with Teeth and a…
Contents of Volume LXXVI January 2002 Number One In Memoriam: Samme Zijlstra, 1953-2001 In This Issue John D. Roth From the Tower of Babel to the Peace of Jesus Christ: Christological, Ecclesiological and Missiological Foundations for Peacemaking…
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…
IN THIS ISSUE Outsiders observing the Amish through the prism of tourist literature or other forms of popular media often have the impression that the Amish live in a world of few meaningful choices-that the weight of tradition or the pressures to conform to community standards leave no room for…
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…
