BOOK REVIEWS A Gentle Wind of God: The Influence of the East Africa Revival. By Richard K. MacMaster, with Donald R. Jacobs. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press. 2006. Pp. 404. $14.99, U.S.; $18.79, Can. A book on the ?reverse mission? of Africa to the Western world through the East Africa Revival,…
IN THIS ISSUE In his landmark book The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, From the Civil Rights Movement to Today (Basic Books, 2005), Charles Marsh argues that the earliest goal of the Civil Rights Movement was not merely to break down the walls of racial segregation but to…
Understanding the Amish in Twentieth-First Century America PAUL S. BOYER* Abstract: This essay examines Amish negotiations with modernity and society’s view of the Amish. Far from categorically rejecting the modern order, the Amish successfully participate in the larger economy and evaluate new technologies on the basis of their impact…
IN THIS ISSUE In the two decades spanning the movie "Witness" (1985)–which first introduced the Amish to a mass audience–and the dramatic story of Amish forgiveness following the Nickel Mines school shootings in 2006, the Amish have become a familiar feature in American popular culture. Yet that same familiarity has…
Contents of Volume LXXXII July 2008 Number Three In This Issue In Memoriam: Jean Séguy (1925-2007) Understanding the Amish in Twenty-First Century America Paul S. Boyer Who Are the Real Amish’: Rethinking Diversity and Identity Among a Separate People…
BOOK REVIEWS Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities. By Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2007. Pp. 244. $48. Plain Diversity provides a new approach to the study of the Old Order Amish. While many books and articles mention diversity, they still…
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Papers: ?Anabaptist Convictions after Marpeck’?an inter-disciplinary conference to be held at Bluffton University, June 26-28, 2009. Proposals are invited for papers that address the emergence and development of Anabaptist convictions in light of the work and life of Pilgram Marpeck and of the Marpeck circle.
Contents of Volume LXXXII October 2008 Number Four In This Issue In Memoriam: Albert N. Keim (1935-2008) Reformation Publishing and Anabaptist Propaganda: Two Contrasting Communication Strategies for the Spread of the Anabaptist Message in the Early Days of the Swiss Brethren…
Contents of Volume LXXXI July 2007 Number Three In This Issue The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective as a Living Letter Thomas Finger Christ, Canon and Confession: The Bible and the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective…
A Genealogy of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective SUSAN BIESECKER-MAST* Abstract: This essay offers a genealogy, in the Foucauldian sense, of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. Thus, it provides an account of the origins of the document and its uses over time with…
