7,290円 The first scholarly history of the iconic Anabaptist text. Approximately 2,500 Anabaptists were martyred in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Their surviving brethren compiled stories of those who suffered and died for the faith into martyr books. The most historically and cultural...

10,280円 W.R. Ward was one of the most influential historians of modern religion to be found at work in Britain during the twentieth century. Across fifty years his writings provoked a major reconsideration by historians of the significance of religion in society and its importance in the contexts of poli...

4,637円 The fascinating story of America's oldest thriving heritage language. Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award by the Young Center for Anabaptists and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsy...

12,269円 Perceptible inspiration, a term used by John Wesley to describe the complicated relationship between Holy Spirit, religious knowledge, and the nature of spiritual being, is not unlike the term 'Methodist' which was also coined by critics of Methodism during the eighteenth century in Britain. John...

1,600円 Luther war der einflussreichste "Ketzer" der Kirchengeschichte. Seine beispiellose Fähigkeit, als Prediger, Professor und Publizist das Ohr seiner Zeitgenossen zu erreichen, machte ihn zum meistgelesenen Theologen des 16. Jahrhunderts. Thomas Kaufmann schildert anschaulich die enge Verbindung von...

2,818円 In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth ー first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin ー that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. ...

6,482円 The postmodern human condition and relationship to God were forged in response to Auschwitz. Christian theology must now address the challenge posed by the Shoah. Grace in Auschwitz offers a constructive theology of grace that enables twenty-first-century Westerners to relate meaningfully to the ...

662円 It’s the Depression and it’s rural Kansas. For good measure, nature decides to throw in a Dust Bowl. It’s not the life Cat Peters would have chosen, but the young Mennonite girl doesn’t have much say in it. Driven to the edge of bankruptcy by the relentless winds of the Dust Bowl, Cat's family is...

602円 In 1527, several members of the Anabaptist movement (which gave rise to the Amish and Mennonites) gathered secretly in Schleitheim, Switzerland to discuss their beliefs. The result was the Schleitheim Confession, the first Reformation confession of faith. Should their beliefs matter to us? Can th...

1,500円 Das Christentum begegnet uns in unüberschaubar vielen Gestalten. Wolfgang Huber zeigt, was die zentralen Inhalte sind und wie sich rätselhaft gewordene Konzepte wie Schöpfung, Sünde, Auferstehung, Heiliger Geist oder ewiges Leben heute verstehen lassen. Eine eindrucksvoll luzide und umfassende Er...

11,004円 This comprehensive encyclopediaーthe first of its kindーmaps out three hundred years of German history and culture in Pennsylvania and beyond. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL Destined to become the standard reference on Pennsylvania Germans (also known as the “P...

1,600円 Der Protestantismus hat Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Europa und Nordamerika zutiefst geprägt. Friedrich Wilhelm Graf bietet einen anschaulichen Überblick über die Geschichte des Protestantismus von Luther bis heute. Er fragt nach seiner kulturellen Bedeutung und beschreibt die ...