IN THIS ISSUE Although many contemporary Mennonites participate vigorously in the economics, culture and politics of modern life, memories of an identity defined by their separation from the “world” persist, fueled by stories of persecution and an on-going theological commitment to believer’s baptism and the church as counter-cultural community. In…
BOOK REVIEWS A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union 1789-1923. By David G. Rempel with Cornelia Rempel Carlson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2003. Pp. 356. $70, Can. The noted Mennonite historian David G. Rempel worked on this book for over twenty years before his death…
"Mista Mid-nights": Mennonites and Race in Mississippi DAVID R. SWARTZ* Abstract: The racially charged atmosphere of Mississippi in the 1960s saw Mennonites respond by defending segregation, by warning against the dangers of civil rights demonstrations and by increasing evangelism among both ?colored? and white nonbelievers. But a growing…
The Way to the City of Peace: The Anabaptist Utopia of Pieter Pietersz TOM HARDER* Abstract: The Way to the City of Peace, written in 1625 by the Waterlander Mennonite minister Pieter Pietersz, was one of the earliest books in the pilgrimage genre of spiritual literature. In describing the “City…
