Embodying the Way of Jesus: Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century

by Ted Grimsrud

Overview

The Anabaptist tradition, originating as part of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, has from its beginning presented an alternative approach to Christian faith. Jesus-centered Anabaptist convictions such as pacifism, simple living, and community remain of vital concern for twenty-first-century Christians. Embodying the Way of Jesus: Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century traces the origins and historical expressions of Anabaptist faith and then suggests ways Anabaptist convictions speak to our contemporary world. Ted Grimsrud proposes a fourfold approach to interpreting Anabaptist theology, considering themes from the Bible, from the tradition's history, from present experience, and from envisioning a hopeful future. What emerges is an engaging portrait of a living tradition that speaks with urgency and relevance to a world badly in need of a message of peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498276139
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	01/15/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ted Grimsrud is Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church USA. His most recent book is Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice, and the Domination System (2006).
Ted Grimsrud is the Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Among his books are Instead of Atonement: The Bible's Salvation Story and Our Hope for Wholeness (2013), Compassionate Eschatology: The Future as Friend (2011), A Pacifist Way of Knowing: John Howard Yoder's Pacifist Epistemology (2010), and Theology as if Jesus Matters (2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
Getting Oriented     7
Anabaptism for the Twenty-First Century     9
Whither Contemporary Anabaptist Theology?     23
Constructing an Anabaptist Theology in a Congregational Setting     37
Is God Nonviolent?     47
Bible     55
Biblical Interpretation: Anabaptist Theology and Recent Hermeneutics     57
The Core Message of the Bible: God's Healing Strategy     73
Tradition     89
From Sixteenth-Century Anabaptists to Mennonite Church U.S.A.     91
Practice-Centered Convictions: Some Central Themes     109
Experience     125
The Significance of Civilian Public Service for Anabaptist Pacifism     127
Anabaptist Faith and American Democracy     141
Who is Part of the Conversation? "Neo-Mennonites" and Anabaptist Theology     161
Vision     177
Why Are We Here? Two Meditations on an Ethical Eschatology     179
Theological Basics: A Contemporary Anabaptist Proposal     191
Church     241
Rethinking the "Church-Sect" Typology     215
Anabaptist Theologians as Members of the Community of Faith     235
Bibliography     241
Index     249