Early Anabaptist Spirituality

Author : Daniel Liechty
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809104660

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Early Anabaptist Spirituality by Daniel Liechty Pdf

The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted! In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century

Author : Daniel Liechty
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809134756

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Early Anabaptist Spirituality by Daniel Liechty Pdf

Liechty presents selections from writings of the Anabaptist movement that illustrate the Anabaptists' distinctive approach to Christian spirituality. The writings represent the multiple origins of Anabaptism, with selections from three main groupings: Swiss, South German/Austrian, and North German/Dutch.

Author : C. Arnold Snyder
Publisher : Traditions of Christian Spirit
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570755361

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Following in the Footsteps of Christ by C. Arnold Snyder Pdf

In spite of its enormous historical significance and increased contemporary interest, this is the first general introduction to the spirituality of the Anabaptist tradition. Anabaptist spirituality has been described as "both Catholic and Protestant," a sixteenth-century ascetic lay reform movement inspired both by currents of pre-Reformation devotion to Christ and the Reformation call to return to Scripture. Because of their insistence on adult baptism Anabaptists -- often illiterate artisans and peasants with no formal theological education -- met widespread persecution. Arnold Snyder's sympathetic study draws on court records to give an intimate glimpse into their beliefs, practices, and spirituality. As well as inspiring such groups as the Mennonites, the Amish and various groups of Brethren and Baptists, Anabaptist ideas have profoundly influenced individuals and movements throughout the churches into modern times. Book jacket.

Author : Cornelius J. Dyck
Publisher : Herald Press (VA)
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0836190246

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Spiritual Life in Anabaptism by Cornelius J. Dyck Pdf

Christians searching for a closer walk with God have tended to ignore Anabaptism. Through this collection of of writings by early Anabaptist leaders, the author shows they had much to say about knowing God and trusting Jesus.

Author : George Huntston Williams
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1957-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664241506

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Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers by George Huntston Williams Pdf

An important volume of scholarship, this book presents a collection of documents previously little known and inaccessible to the English-speaking world. This volume includes writings of the Radical Reformation--Anabaptist and Spiritualist--as well as three treatises by Juan de Valdes as a representative of Evangelical Catholicism. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

Author : Cornelius Krahn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592449200

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Dutch Anabaptism by Cornelius Krahn Pdf

Krahn avoids the hero worship which is common among many rehabilitators of Anabaptism. In his presentation the giants of Anabaptism as well as those of the Magisterial Reformation turn out again and again to have clay feet. No attempt is made to rationalize these apparent weaknesses.... Out of Dutch mysticism there grew a spiritualizing tendency...which could not be confined to the question of the Lord's Supper. Frank C. Roberts in 'Calvin Theological Journal' Krahn's greatest service is in the distilling more than a century of Dutch scholarship, and he performs it judiciously.... Especially interesting is his argument that both Reformed Protestantism and Anabaptism had their roots in the Sacramentarian movement of the 1520s. Alastair C. Duke in 'Journal of Ecclesiastical History' [The author's] extensive and accurate knowledge of both the modern and the sixteenth-century Dutch language, together with his careful and competent evaluation of the conflicting interpretations of the events, make his survey of Dutch Anabaptism a reliable source of information. Krahn has made a serious attempt to immerse himself in the issues and to assess fairly the clashing opinions. H.W. Meihuizen in 'Mennonite Quarterly Review'

Author : John Driver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0874866960

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Life Together in the Spirit by John Driver Pdf

In this fresh approach to Christian spirituality, John Driver shows that the spirituality of the disciples and the early Christian church included every dimension of life. Grounded in the example of Jesus himself, this holistic approach to spirituality finds expression in the visible witness of the Christian community, and in the daily lives of faithful Christians who seek to embody Christ's presence in the world in service to others. This approach to Christian spirituality was recovered in a remarkable way by the radical reformers of the sixteenth century - the Anabaptists - and it continues to find expression among a wide variety of Christian groups around the world today. Life Together in the Spirit will inspire, challenge, and encourage you to experience the presence of the Spirit in all of its dimensions. This edition, revised and expanded with responses and reflections from church leaders and scholars around the world, is the seventh publication in the "Global Anabaptist-Mennonite Shelf of Literature," an initiative of Mennonite World Conference. Contributors include Mvwala C. Katshinga (Democratic Republic of Congo), Christina Asheervadam (India), Rafael Zaracho (Paraguay), Hermann Woelke (Uruguay), Paulus Pan (Taiwan), Patricia Urueña (Colombia), and Nellie Mlotshwa (Zimbabwe).

Author : Stuart Murray
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780836199840

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The Naked Anabaptist by Stuart Murray Pdf

Click here to read the introduction to The Naked Anabaptist. In churches and kitchens and neighborhood centers across the world, communities of Jesus-followers are crafting a vision of radical service, simple living, and commitment to peace. Many are finding a home in a Christian tradition almost five centuries old: Anabaptism. Who are the Anabaptists? What do they believe? Where did they come from? What makes them different from other Christians? And can you become an Anabaptist without leaving your own church? Follow Stuart Murray as he peels back the layers to reveal the core convictions of Anabaptist Christianity, a way of following Jesus that challenges, disturbs, and inspires. Glimpse an alternative to nationalistic, materialistic, individualistic Christian faith. If you are seeking a community of authentic discipleship, heartfelt worship, sacrificial service, and radical peacemaking, consider this your invitation. This new edition features: Voices and stories from North America and the global church. Updated and expanded definition and discussion of Christendom. Updated resource section. Free downloadable study guide available here.

Author : Werner O. Packull
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606083383

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Mysticism and the Early South German - Austrian Anabaptist Movement 1525 - 1531 by Werner O. Packull Pdf

Werner Packull delineates more clearly than any previous scholar the theological and spiritual differences between South German and Swiss Anabaptists. He examines thoroughly the dominant medieval mystical influence in the thought of Denck and Hut and the latter's immediate South German Anabaptist followers. Indeed, Packull decides that South German Anabaptism derives more from medieval mysticism than from the Reformation. Packull is convincing in his demonstration of this thesis because of his meticulous care in reading the primary sources and because he examines and refutes the arguments of those who would place the Protestant influence as the primary one. He carefully isolates and explains particular ideas of the medieval mystics and demonstrates their influence on Denck and Hut. Packull expands and elaborates the earlier suggestions of Kiwiet and Williams, both of whom postulated a discrete Anabaptism in South Germany as against that of Switzerland. He draws on the more recent and still unpublished work of Gottfried Seebass, especially on Seebass' selection of writings which he ascribes to Hut. Packull's second major thesis is that the earliest form of South German Anabaptism was transitional both sociologically and theologically. He demonstrates that there were indeed strains of Anabaptism which were not as clearly biblicist in emphasis as the one in Zurich. Packull's work makes the phenomenon of early Anabaptism more complex, less uniform, but hi252*.00storically more accurate, more in line with the realities of the religious ferment of the 1520s among German-speaking people.

Author : Brian C. Brewer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567689504

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T&T Clark Handbook of Anabaptism by Brian C. Brewer Pdf

By utilizing the contributions of a variety of scholars – theologians, historians, and biblical scholars – this book makes the complex and sometimes disparate Anabaptist movement more easily accessible. It does this by outlining Anabaptism's early history during the Reformation of the sixteenth century, its varied and distinctive theological convictions, and its ongoing challenges to and influence on contemporary Christianity. T&T Clark Handbook of Anabaptism comprises four sections: 1) Origins, 2) Doctrine, 3) Influences on Anabaptism, and 4) Contemporary Anabaptism and Relationship to Others. The volume concludes with a chapter on how contemporary Anabaptists interact with the wider Church in all its variety. While some of the authorities within the volume will disagree even with one another regarding Anabaptist origins, emphases on doctrine, and influence in the contemporary world, such differences represent the diversity that constitutes the history of this movement.

Author : James M. Stayer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725201811

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Anabaptists and the Sword by James M. Stayer Pdf

Anabaptists and the Sword (1972; revised edn. 1976) is the first book to challenge the consensus, dating from the seventeenth century, that sixteenth-century Anabaptists were nonresistants, or Christian pacifists. While recognizing the importance of the nonresistance tradition among Anabaptists, the book gives equal attention to more militant elements in Anabaptism. It is also pioneering in giving attention to Anabaptist practice as well as Anabaptist teaching on this subject.

Author : Robert Friedmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035784557

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The Theology of Anabaptism by Robert Friedmann Pdf

Author : Lisa Weaver,J. Denny Weaver
Publisher : Cascadia Publishing House
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1680270044

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Living the Anabaptist Story by Lisa Weaver,J. Denny Weaver Pdf

"This accessible history tells the story of how adult Christians of the 1500s shaped the Anabaptist believers church tradition, which lives on today and can be joined by any who identify with Anabaptist understandings of following Christ"--

Author : Franklin H. Littell
Publisher : The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc.
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 157978836X

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The Anabaptist View of the Church by Franklin H. Littell Pdf

Author : Susan Schreiner
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195313420

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Are You Alone Wise? by Susan Schreiner Pdf

Susan Schreiner argues that Europe in the 16th century was preoccupied with certainty, especially religious certainty. She analyzes the pervading questions about certitude & doubt in the terms & contexts of a wide variety of thinkers during this time of competing truths.