Moving Beyond Charisma in Civil Rights Scholarship: Vincent Harding’s Sojourn with the Mennonites, 1958-1966 TOBIN MILLER SHEARER* Abstract: This essay traces the Mennonite sojourn of African-American pastor, scholar and activist Vincent Harding and examines his position in between the Civil Rights Movement and the Mennonite community. In 1963, the…
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…
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.
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…
Mennonite Cookbooks and the Pleasure of Habit REBEKAH TROLLINGER* Abstract: This paper seeks to understand how Mennonite cookbooks reflect and encourage particular responses to the crisis of world hunger and other justice issues related to food. Whereas American culture promotes a compulsive relationship to food, often through the guise of…
A Divided People: The Dissolution of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (1990-2002) LAURA NEUFELD* Abstract: In 1999, the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, which united the Canadian and U.S. Mennonite Brethren for over one hundred years, voted to dissolve and divest its ministries to two national conferences.
This Reckless Journey: Immanence and Transcendence in the Poetry of Jean Janzen Todd Davis* Abstract: From her earliest work as a writer, Jean Janzens poetry has explored the incarnational dimension of human existence, moving back and forth between her…
Recent Mennonite Poetry: A Review Essay RHODA JANZEN* I Saw God Dancing. By Cheryl Denise. Telford, Pa.: Dreamseeker Poetry Series, vol. 2. 2005. Pp. 90. $12.95. On the Cross: Devotional Poems. By Dallas Wiebe. Telford, Pa.: Dreamseeker Poetry Series, vol. 1. 2005. Pp. 96. $12.95. With illustrations…
Peace Theology in Transition: North American Mennonite Peace Studies and Theology, 1906-2006 GAYLE GERBER KOONTZ* Abstract: Mennonite peace theology in the past 100 years shifted from an emphasis on nonresistance and the witness of a set-apart community toward an emphasis on nonviolent resistance and active engagement of the church…
The Mennonite Historical Library and the Renewing of a Tradition JOHN A. LAPP* My remarks are dedicated to the memory of two remarkable contributors to the character and quality of the Mennonite Historical Library. I had the great privilege and pleasure of working with Nelson Springer and John Oyer for…
