Research Note: Further Notes on Abraham Isaak, Mennonite Anarchist STEVEN KENT SMITH* Readers of a 1908 edition of Emma Goldman’s journal, Mother Earth,[1] may have seen this announcement: ATTENTION A few comrades in New York have started a movement for the purpose of establishing a colony, perhaps…
Toward a Theology for Conflict Transformation: Learnings from John Howard Yoder MARK THIESSEN NATION* Abstract: Conflict transformation is currently one of the cutting-edge disciplines in relation to peacemaking, and one in which Mennonites are fully engaged. Therefore, it seems reasonable to ask how the writings of John Howard Yoder-the most…
IN THIS ISSUE Few issues have polarized American culture more deeply-and with it, the bonds of fellowship within the Christian community-than that of abortion. From the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 to the most recent Supreme Court appointment, the public debate over abortion has been an explosive marker…
Contents of Volume LXXIX October 2005 Number Four In This Issue In Memoriam: Donald F. Durnbaugh, 1927-2005 Jeffrey Bach Toward a Consistent Ethic of Life in the Peace Tradition Perspective: A Critical-Constructive Response to the MC USA Statement on Abortion…
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 LXXVII January 2003 Number One Author Addresses In This Issue Mennonite World Conference, 1925-2000: From Euro-American Conference to Worldwide Communion John A. Lapp and Ed van Straten A Mennonite-Christian View of Suffering: The Case of Russian…
The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: The Relationship Between an Old Older Religious Society and a Twentieth-Century Communal Group ROD JANZEN* Abstract: The twentieth-century merger of the Hutterites, an old order Anabaptist group established in the 1520s, and the Bruderhof communities, founded by Eberhard Arnold in Germany in 1920,…
Contents of Volume LXXIX July 2005 Number Three In This Issue Author Addresses In Memoriam: Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, 1926-2005 John Howard Yoder’s “Alternative Perspective” on Christian-Jewish Relations Alain Epp Weaver The Publications of John A. Hostetler: A Bibliography…
BOOK REVIEWS From Kleefeld with Love. Edited and translated by John Harder. Kitchener, Ont.: Pandora Press. 2003. Pp.198. $22 Can. In the 1980s I became concerned about the fate of the letters written by Mennonites in the Soviet Union to relatives and friends in Canada. I was often shown shoeboxes…
Review Essay: Shawn Francis Peters, The Yoder Case: Religious Freedom, Education, and Parental Rights (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003) LEE ROY BERRY, JR.* The Yoder Case recounts how the United States Supreme Court resolved the conflict between Wisconsin educational officials and Amish parents over that state’s compulsory education…
