MennoLink Books and Music

In the face of severe crises, which included war, increased persecution, and the complete expulsion of the Hutterites from their former homes in Moravia, Ehrenpreis initiated a remarkable revival and reformulation of Hutterian faith and practice.

Andreas Ehrenpreis' reforms left a lasting imprint on the Hutterites, leading the historian Robert Friedmann to call Ehrenpreis the second founder of the Hutterian Brethren. Nevertheless, no full-length study has ever been done on the Hutterites of this period and their influential bishop. Wes Harrison thus brings much needed light to this important chapter of the Hutterite experience.

Harrison's ground-breaking study makes use of all available sources, the majority of which have never before been analyzed. His work and approach have been described as meticulous, mature research marked by empathy, sound judgment, and scholarly integrity (Professor Werner Packull, Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo).

Readers interested in the development of Radical Reforming groups, in the history of communal Christian groups, and especially in the history and development of the Hutterian Brethren, will want to read this detailed and well-crafted book.

The Mennonites who settled in Russia kept their language, their religion, and their culture intact. But as the nineteenth century drew to a close, Mennonite community identity was increasingly seen as a threat. There was first a drive for russification under the Czars; there then was increasing suspicion of all things German with the outbreak of the First World War; and finally the Bolshevik Revolution brought Christianity and prosperity into question. The Second World War and its brutal Stalinist aftermath succeeded in destroying life in the Mennonite colonies.

The first person accounts translated here tell the stories of people who almost miraculously survived successive waves of revolution, civil war, assassination, economic and political purges, and arbitrary arrest and banishment. The stories of these survivors are just now beginning to be published, in both German and Russian.

Sarah Dyck's selection and skillful translation of these memoirs opens a rare window through which English readers can begin to grasp the reality of life in the Soviet empire for those judged to be enemies of the People. These stories provide graphic and personal documentation of a land and a people in turmoil.

The first Goshen Conference on Religion and Science took place in April 2001, with Nancey Murphy as it's keynote speaker. Dr. Murphy presented three public lectures at Goshen College, dealing with human identity, the concept of a moral basis for the universe, and evolution respectively. Three discussion sessions followed the lectures. These concentrated on physicalism, the embodiment of humans, and prayer related to God's action. This volume contains the full conference proceedings, edited by Goshen College professor of physics, Carl s. Helrich. The informal, oral nature of the presentations and exchanges has been kept. Readers will find the material accessible and thought-provoking.

Copyright 2002.

This book tells the story of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by means of an historical introduction (Lawrence Klippenstein), diaries and memoirs (Jacob Dick, accessing his father's story), and a rich collection of photographs. The immediacy of the diary accounts and the graphic directness of the photographs preserve an important chapter of Mennonite history in Russia. At the same time, the response of the church in that time and place poses questions that continue to appear in the life of the Mennonite church world-wide.

Copyright 2002.

This volume of writings by Pilgram Marpeck and his Circle is the first of a planned set of three. All making available previously untranslated writings. Copyright 1999.

Includes an appendix on Anabaptist historiography, a bibliography,and a comprehensive index.

Anabaptist History and Theology: Revised Student Edition follows the same narrative format and story line as the unabridged book. But the text has been completely rewritten and redesigned to meet the needs of the non-specialist reader. This second, revised edition features larger print and numerous sidebars and text boxes.

Includes study questions to further discussion. Copyright 1999.