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The Anabaptist Vision
The Anabaptist Vision, given as a presidential address before the American Society of Church History in 1943, has become a classic essay. In it, Harold S. Bender defines the spirit and purposes of the original Anabaptists. Three major points of emphasis are: the transformation of the entire way of life of the individual to the teachings and example of Christ, voluntary church membership based upon conversion and commitment to holy living, and Christian love and nonresistance applied to all human relationships.
Harold S. Bender, 1897-1962
"In Albert Keim's captivating study of Bender, I gained much insight into this fascinating, complex person who was one of the commanding figures among Mennonites in this century--in fact, in our entire American experience. This is a book I could not put aside".--Robert Kreider, former director of Mennonite Library and Archives.
Christian Mutual Aid
This booklet has been written to foster the development of a program of mutual aid among Mennonites. It assumes that the Mennonites in their various groups constitute Christian brotherhoods based upon a personal experience of faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and a loving fellowship in His body, the Church. On this foundation it advocates that the members of the Christian community, locally and as a whole, bear one another's economic burdens and so not only fulfill the law of Christ but strengthen the Brotherhood for its greater tasks of witnessing and building for Christ in the world of today. It is a conscious effort to challenge the secular trend of the times which threatens to denature the Christian community and make its members increasingly dependent upon the state and the commercial world with consequent transfer of loyalty from the church to other agencies.
Conrad Grebel
Conrad Grebel's significance for the Christian Church lies in the continuing Swiss Brethren movement (Evangelical Anabaptism) of which he was the founder. Though he died a few months after the open break with the Zwinglian Reformation, his movement survived to become a major player in Christendom. This is the definitive Grebel biography by one of this century's top Anabaptist scholars. Bender was the former president of the Mennonite World Conference, editor of ÒMennonite EncyclopediaÓ and author of the noted book ÒThe Anabaptist Vision.Ó
Peace, Progress and the Professor
What does it mean to be Mennonite in the modern world? And what is the witness of a peace church that is always at risk of splintering? C. Henry Smith—son of an Amish family, erudite historian, urbane bank president, and pioneer of Mennonite scholarship—sought answers to these questions in the middle of the 20th century, and his answers reverberate through the church to this day. In this engaging narrative biography, historian Perry Bush chronicles Smith’s childhood in an Illinois farming community, his youthful turn toward intellectual inquiry, and his confidence that Anabaptist faith and life offer gifts to the wider world. By recounting the story of one of the foremost Mennonite int...
Apostles of Reason
In Apostles of Reason, Molly Worthen offers a sweeping history of modern American evangelicalism, arguing that the faith has been shaped not by shared beliefs but by battles over the relationship between faith and reason.
