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ISBN-13:	9781579788360
Publisher:	Baptist Standard Bearer
Publication date:	04/06/2001
Series:	Dissent and Nonconformity , #11
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.95(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface to Revised Edition	IX
	Introduction a Working Definition of "Anabaptist"	XIII
	Inadequate Information on Anabaptism	XIII
	What does "Anabaptist" Mean?	XV
	A Working Hypothesis	XVI
Chapter I	The Quest for the Essence of Anabaptism	1
A.	Radicalism in the Centers of Reform	2
	In North Germany	3
	In Switzerland	12
	In South Germany and Strassburg	18
B.	Revolution	27
	The "Maccabean" Type of Radical	28
	The Davidic Realm at Munster (1534-1535)	29
	Persecution Intensified	32
C.	An Unusual Case: The Tolerance of Philipp of Hesse	32
	Refusal to Put Dissenters to Death	33
	Attitude to Church Reform	34
	Success of Philipp's Policy	35
D.	Who Were "The Evangelical Taufer"?	36
	A Convenantal People	37
	The Problem of Classification	43
Chapter II	The Fall of the Church	46
A.	Religious Primitivism as a Pattern of Thought	48
	Anabaptism: A Form of Christian Primitivism	46
	Sources of Sixteenth-Century Primitivism	50
	The Fall of the Church	55
B.	Elements in the Idea of the Fall	57
	Glorification of the Heroic Age	58
	After the Golden Age, a Fall	61
C.	Uses of the Idea of the Fall	62
	Chronological Aspects	62
	Cultural Aspects: The Marks of the Fallen Church	64
D.	Analysis of the Idea of the Fall	72
	Periodization of History	75
	Eschatology	76
E.	Origins of the Idea in the Left Wing	77
Chapter III	The Restitution of the True Church	79
A.	The Problem of Continuity
	Where did the Restitution Begin?	80
	A Different View of Tradition	82
B.	What Are the Marks of the True Church?	82
	Believer's Baptism	83
	Spiritual Government	86
	Community	95
	The Lord's Supper	98
	The Authority of Civil Government; Passive Obedience	101
Chapter IV	The Great Commission	109
A.	The Anabaptist Understanding of the Command	111
	Central to Their Testimony	111
	Relevant to the Life of the Common Man	113
B.	The Opposition of the Reformers to Literal Obedience	114
	Command exhausted in Apostolic Age	114
	Maintaining an Intact Christendom	115
C.	The Recapture of Early Christian Missionary Zeal	117
	The Method	117
	The Heroic Prototype	119
	Economic Factors of Importance	123
D.	Quiet Eschatology	127
	Eschatology a Common Ground for Revolutionaries and Nonresistants	128
	A Theology of Suffering	132
	The Anabaptists and Natural Law	134
E.	The Verdict of History	135
Chapter V	The Changing Reputation of the Anabaptists	138
	The Critical Problem	138
A.	Former Treatments of Anabaptism and the Source Problem	143
	Traditional Interpretations	143
	Lutheran
	Reformed
	Roman Catholic
	In-Group Records and Writings	148
	Friendly Out-Group Writing	152
B.	Current Developments in Interpretation	154
	Impact of Religious Sociologists	154
	The Rediscovery of Primary Sources	156
	The Disputations	159
C.	In Conclusion	160
	Notes	162
	Selected Bibliography	215
	Index	223

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