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Power, authority, and the Anabaptist tradition

Title
Power, authority, and the Anabaptist tradition / edited by Benjamin W. Redekop and Calvin W. Redekop.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Redekop, Benjamin W., 1961-
  • Redekop, Calvin Wall, 1925-
  • Center for American Places.
Description
xiii, 246 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
Founded in part on a rejection of "worldly" power and the use of force, Anabaptism carried with it the promise of redemptive power. Yet the attempt to banish worldly power to the margins of the Christian community has been fraught with dilemmas, contradictions, and, at times, blatant abuses of authority. In this groundbreaking book, Benjamin W. Redekop, Calvin W. Redekop, and their coauthors draw on classic and contemporary thinking to confront the issue of power and authority in the Anabaptist-Mennonite community. From the power relationships of the sixteenth-century Peasants' War to issues of contemporary sexuality, the topics of Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition are sure to interest a wide audience.
Series Statement
Center books in Anabaptist studies
Uniform Title
Center books in Anabaptist studies
Subject
  • Anabaptists > Doctrines
  • Power (Christian theology)
  • Power > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Authority > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Anabaptists > Doctrines
  • Authority > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Täufer
  • Macht
  • Autorität
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Doopsgezinden
  • Gezag
Note
  • "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.
Contents
Power / J. Lawrence Burkholder -- Power and religion in the Western intellectual tradition / Benjamin W. Redekop -- The Anabaptist revolt and political and religious power / James Stayer -- Power and authority in Mennonite theological development / Lydia Harder -- The abuse of power among Mennonites in South Russia, 1789-1919 / Jacob A. Loewen and Wesley J. Prieb -- Power under the cover of tradition : a case study of a "plain community" / Joel Hartman -- Mennonite culture wars : power, authority, and domination / Stephen C. Ainlay -- Power and authority in Mennonite ecclesiology : a feminist perspective / Dorothy Yoder Nyce and Lynda Nyce -- Power in the Anabaptist community / Calvin Redekop.
ISBN
  • 0801866057
  • 9780801866050
LCCN
00011273
OCLC
  • ocm44972205
  • 44972205
  • SCSB-1250148
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library