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Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Indiana University Bulletin
Author: Eastern Mennonite University
Author: Donald B. KraybillPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271080604
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures, and nationalities. The founding of Eastern Mennonite School, later Eastern Mennonite University, in 1917 came at a pivotal time for the Mennonite community. Industrialization and scientific discovery were rapidly changing the world, and the increasing availability of secular education offered tempting alternatives that threatened the Mennonite way of life. In response, the Eastern Mennonites founded a school that would “uphold the principles of plainness and simplicity,” where youth could learn the Bible and develop skills that would help advance the church. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university’s identity evolved from separatism to social engagement in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating technology. EMU now defines its mission in terms of service, peacebuilding, and community. Comprehensive and well told by a leading scholar of Anabaptist and Pietist studies, this social history of Eastern Mennonite University reveals how the school has mediated modernity while remaining consistently Mennonite. A must-have for anyone affiliated with EMU, it will appeal especially to sociologists and historians of Anabaptist and Pietist studies and higher education.
The Undergraduate Bulletin
Author: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Mennonite Historical Bulletin
Author: Bulletin
Author: The Distinctive Identity of the Church
Author: Jeppe Bach NikolajsenPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 149820208X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
An increasing number of theologians believe that the Western world has moved from an era of Christendom to an era of post-Christendom. This book goes to the heart of the debate related to this shift, asking, How are we to understand the distinctive identity of the church with special reference to its role in a post-Christendom society? It then presents an analysis of the work of the English Reformed theologian Lesslie Newbigin and the American Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder, both of whom reflect on how we should understand this important question. At the end of The Distinctive Identity of the Church, the charge of sectarianism is discussed. It is argued that a missionary God sends the church to the world and, consequently, this sending should fundamentally determine its existence in the world. The book argues that the task that lies before the church in the Western world is not to bypass its distinctiveness with accusations of sectarianism, but to recapitulate an understanding of its own distinctiveness that should be seen as a precondition for its engagement in society. Such an ecclesiological position holds important potential for an understanding of the role of the church in pluralistic Western cultures.
Newsletter - American Theological Library Association
Author: American Theological Library AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Theological libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Outstanding Young Men of America
Author: Index to Religious Periodical Literature
Author: American Theological Library AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Vols. for 1975/76-Jan./June 1977 also include abstracts.
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