The Anabaptist View of the Church
Author: Franklin H. Littell
Publisher: The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc.
Published: 2001-04
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781579788360
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The Anabaptist Vision
Author: Harold S. Bender
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Published: 1960
Total Pages: 29
ISBN-13: 0836197224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Anabaptist Vision, given as a presidential address before the American Society of Church History in 1943, has become a classic essay. In it, Harold S. Bender defines the spirit and purposes of the original Anabaptists. Three major points of emphasis are: the transformation of the entire way of life of the individual to the teachings and example of Christ, voluntary church membership based upon conversion and commitment to holy living, and Christian love and nonresistance applied to all human relationships.
The Naked Anabaptist
Author: Stuart Murray
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Published: 2015-10-20
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0836199847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClick here to read the introduction to The Naked Anabaptist. In churches and kitchens and neighborhood centers across the world, communities of Jesus-followers are crafting a vision of radical service, simple living, and commitment to peace. Many are finding a home in a Christian tradition almost five centuries old: Anabaptism. Who are the Anabaptists? What do they believe? Where did they come from? What makes them different from other Christians? And can you become an Anabaptist without leaving your own church? Follow Stuart Murray as he peels back the layers to reveal the core convictions of Anabaptist Christianity, a way of following Jesus that challenges, disturbs, and inspires. Glimpse an alternative to nationalistic, materialistic, individualistic Christian faith. If you are seeking a community of authentic discipleship, heartfelt worship, sacrificial service, and radical peacemaking, consider this your invitation. This new edition features: Voices and stories from North America and the global church. Updated and expanded definition and discussion of Christendom. Updated resource section. Free downloadable study guide available here.
Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up
Author: David W. Bercot
Publisher: Scroll Publishing Co.
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780924722004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Anabaptists
Author: Balthasar Hubmaier
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-03-08
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781496180001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThey denounced the kind of reformation proposed by Luther, Zwingli and Calvin as a halfway affair. They believed in a national state church no more than they believed in the Roman church. To them religion was the intimate concern of each individual soul, and the church was a voluntary society of the regenerate, who had been saved by faith in Christ and were living obediently to Christ's principles.
A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology
Author: Thomas N. Finger
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-02-26
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780830878901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this comprehensive volume Thomas N. Finger takes on the formidable task of making explicit the often implicit theology of the Anabaptist movement and then presenting, for the sake of the welfare of the whole contemporary Christian church, his own constructive theology. In the first part Finger tells the story of the development of Anabaptist thought, helping the reader grasp both the unifying and diverse elements in that theological tradition. In the second and third parts Finger considers in more detail the major themes essential to Anabaptist theology, first considering the historic views and then presenting his own constructive effort. Within the Anabaptist perspective Finger offers a theology that highlights the three dimensions of its salvific center: the communal, the personal and the missional. The themes taken up in the final part form what Finger identifies as the convictional framework of that center; namely, Christology, anthropology and eschatology. This book is a landmark contribution of Anabaptist theology for the whole church in biblical, historical and contemporary context.
The Anabaptists and Contemporary Baptists
Author: Malcolm B. Yarnell
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1433681749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars and pastors (Paige Patterson, Rick Warren, etc.) offer essays on sixteenth-century Anabaptists (Balthasar Hubmaier, Leonhard Schiemer, Hans Denck, etc.) proposing to recover the Anabaptist vision among Baptists as a means of restoring New Testament Christianity.
The Radical Reformation
Author: Michael G. Baylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-10-31
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521379489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1991 collection of writings by early Reformation radicals illustrates both the diversity and the areas of agreement in their political thinking.
The Anabaptist Story
Author: William R. Estep
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780802808868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFour hundred seventy years ago the Anabaptist movement was launched with the inauguration of believer's baptism and the formation of the first congregation of the Swiss Brethren in Zurich, Switzerland. This standard introduction to the history of Anabaptism by noted church historian William R. Estep offers a vivid chronicle of the rise and spread of teachings and heritage of this important stream in Christianity. This third edition of The Anabaptist Story has been substantially revised and enlarged to take into account the numerous Anabaptist sources that have come to light in the last half-century as well as the significant number of monographs and other scholarly works on Anabaptist themes that have recently appeared. Estep challenges a number of assumptions held by contemporary historians and offers fresh insights into the Anabaptist movement.
Creation and the Environment
Author: Calvin Redekop
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2003-04-01
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0801876729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice," church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In Creation and the EnvironmentCalvin W. Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists, in particular the Mennonites. After a brief survey of the major forces contributing to the word's present ecological crisis, Creation and the Environment explores the uniquely Anabaptist view of our relationship to what they see as the created order. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, they explain, the environment—especially the "land"—is considered part of the Kingdom God plans to establish on earth. In this view, the creation is part of the divine order, with the redemption of humankind inextricably linked to the redemption and restoration of the material world. The well-being a purpose of creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent. Contributors: Donovan Ackley III, Claremont Graduate School • Kenton Brubaker, Eastern Mennonite University • Thomas Finger, Claremont Graduate School • Karen Klassen Harder, Bethel College, Kansas • James Harder, Bethel College, Kansas • Lawrence Hart, Cheyenne Cultural Center, Clinton, Oklahoma • Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary • Karl Keener, Pennsylvania State University • Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College • David Kline, Holmes County, Ohio • Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel College • Mel Schmidt • Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University • Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.
