The activist impulse : essays on the intersection of evangelicalism and Anabaptism / edited by Jared S. Burkholder and David C. Cramer ; with a foreword by George M. Marsden and an afterword by Sara Wenger Shenk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burkholder, Jared S., editor.

Cramer, David C., editor.

Marsden, George M., writer of foreword.

Shenk, Sara Wenger, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

Kauffman, Daniel, 1865-1944.

Kauffman, Daniel.

Yoder, John Howard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 427 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anabaptists have often felt suspicious of American evangelicalism, and in turn evangelicals have found various reasons to dismiss the Anabaptist witness. Yet at various points in the past as well as the present, evangelicals and Anabaptists have found ample reason for conversation and much to appreciate about each other. The Activist Impulse represents the first book-length examination of the complex relationship between evangelicalism and Anabaptism in the past thirty years. It brings established experts and new voices together in an effort to explore the historical and theological intersection of these two rich traditions. Each of the essays provides fresh insight on at least one characteristic that both evangelicals and Anabaptists share--an impulse to engage society through the pursuit of active Christian witness.

Contents:

Intersecting stories: Historical reflection on the nexus of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism. Activist impulses across time: North American Evangelicalism and Anabaptism as conversation partners / Steven M. Nolt

Anabaptism and Evangelicalism revisted: healing a contentious relationship? / John D. Roth

Intellectual hospitality as historical method: moving beyond the activist impulse / John Fea

Intersecting challenges: Anabaptism and the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy. Fundamentalists, modernists, and a Mennonite "Third Way": reexamining the career of Bishop Daniel Kauffman / Benjamin Wetzel

"I submit": Daniel Kauffman and the legacy of a yielded life / Nathan E. Yoder

A cord of many strands: reexamining Grace Brethren identity and the fundamentalism of Alva J. McClain / M.M. Norris

Misfits and fundamentalists: the question of Evangelicalism and defection among Lancaster and Franconia Mennonites / Jared S. Burkholder

Intersecting concerns: Anabaptist and Evangelical public witness. Practicing peace, embracing evangelism: missional tensions in the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church / Matthew Eaton and Joel Boehner

"Pool tables are the devil's playground: forging an Evangelico-Anabautista identity in South Texas / Felipe Hinojosa

Re-baptizing Evangelicalism: American Anabaptists and the 1970s Evangelical Left / David R. Swartz

The Evangelical-Anabaptist spectrum: the political theologies of Francis Schaeffer, John Howard Yoder, and Jim Wallis / Geoffrey C. Bowden

Ihtersecting trajectories: toward an Evangelical Anbaptist theology and praxis. "Go tell that fox!": Evangelical Anabaptist reflections on religion and the public square / Timothy Paul Erdel

Beyond Anselm: a Biblical and Evangelical case for nonviolent atonement / Kirk R. MacGregor

Evangelical hermeneutics, Anabaptist ethics: John Howard Yoder, the Solas, and the question of war / David C. Cramer.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630876210

1630876216