BOOK REVIEWS Elements of Faithful Writing. By Jean Janzen. Cornelius H. Wedel Historical Series, 13. North Newton, Kan.: Bethel College. Copublished with Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ont. 2004. Pp. 49. $9.50, U.S.; $11, Can. In Jean Janzen’s introduction to Elements of Faithful Writing, a book based on her Menno Simons lectures…
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,…
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…
BOOK REVIEWS 400 Jahre Mennoniten in Altona und Hamburg: 25. Mai bis 19. August 2001, Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Norddeutsches Landesmuseum. Matthias H. Rauert and Hajo Brandenburg, eds. Hamburg: Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Norddeutsches Landesmuseum. 2001. Pp. 52. 400 Jahre Mennoniten in Altona und Hamburg. Matthias H. Rauert and Thomas…
BOOK REVIEWS God, Truth, and Witness: Engaging Stanley Hauerwas. Ed. L. Gregory Jones, Reinhard Hutter and C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos Press. 2005. Pp. 336. $39.99. In 2001, Time knighted Stanley Hauerwas ?America’s best theologian.? Did the editors realize the irony of bestowing such an appellation upon…
BOOK REVIEWS History & Ideology. American Mennonite Identity Definition through History. By Rodney James Sawatsky. Kitchener, Ont.: Pandora Press. 2005. Pp. 216. $21, U.S.; $24.50, Can. The story around this publication is almost as interesting as the story inside. Three historical moments, separated by roughly thirty years each, mark this…
BOOK REVIEWS Reading Ritual: Leviticus in Postmodern Culture. By Wesley J. Bergen. J.S.O.T. Supplement 417. Playing the Texts 9. London: T&T Clark. 2005. Pp. 140. $120. In the seven chapters of his book, Wesley Bergen, an ordained Mennonite minister, discusses the underappreciated book of Leviticus, focusing on chapters 1-7 and…
BOOK REVIEWS Building on the Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970. By Edsel Burdge Jr. and Samuel L. Horst. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press. 2004. Pp. 928. $49.99, U.S.; $69.99, Can. Even in the nineteenth century, as the larger Mennonite Church was moving toward…
BOOK REVIEWS Dialogue and Drama: Elements of Greek Tragedy in the Fourth Gospel. By Jo-Ann A. Brant. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers. 2004. Pp. xvi + 304. $19.95. John’s Gospel has been analyzed historically, theologically, structurally and narratively, yielding rich insights. John has been valued as a spiritual Gospel, foundational to…
BOOK REVIEWS Hutterische Konfession und Tradition (1578-1619). Etabliertes Lebens zwischen Ordnung und Ambivalenz. By Astrid von Schlachta. Verffentlichungen des Instituts fr Europische Geschichte 198. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 2003. Pp. 459. 51 Euros. In this historical dissertation completed at the University of Innsbruck, Astrid von Schlachta analyzes Hutterite…
