By Benjamin W. Redekop,Calvin W. Redekop,Calvin Redekop

ISBN-10: 0801866057

ISBN-13: 9780801866050

Founded partially on a rejection of "worldly" strength and using strength, Anabaptism carried with it the promise of redemptive energy. but the try and banish worldly energy to the margins of the Christian group has been fraught with dilemmas, contradictions, and, every now and then, blatant abuses of authority. during this groundbreaking publication, Benjamin W. Redekop, Calvin W. Redekop, and their coauthors draw on vintage and modern considering to confront the problem of energy and authority within the Anabaptist-Mennonite neighborhood. From the ability relationships of the sixteenth-century Peasants' struggle to problems with modern sexuality, the subjects of Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition are guaranteed to curiosity a large audience.

Contributors: Stephen C. Ainlay, university of the Holy move ? J. Lawrence Burkholder, President Emeritus, Goshen university ? Lydia Neufeld tougher, Toronto college of Theology ? Joel Hartman, college of Missouri ? Jacob A. Loewen, missionary, retired ? Dorothy Yoder Nyce, author and previous Assistant Professor, Goshen university ? Lynda Nyce, Bluffton collage ? Wesley Prieb (deceased), former dean, Tabor collage ? Benjamin W. Redekop, Kettering collage ? Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel collage, emeritus ? James M. Stayer, Queen's collage, Ontario

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