Recovering from the Anabaptist Vision

Laura Schmidt Roberts is Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Fresno Pacific University, USA.Paul Martens is Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics at Baylor University, USA.Myron Penner is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity Western University, Canada.

• Series Preface, Malinda Berry, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA, and Paul Martens, Baylor University, USAPreface, Myron A. Penner, Trinity Western University, Canada1. Challenge and Opportunity: The Quest for Anabaptist Theology Today, Paul Martens, Baylor University, USA2. Contours and Possibilities for an Anabaptist Theology, Karl Koop, Canadian Mennonite University, Canada3. Refiguration, Configuration: Tradition, Text, and Narrative Identity, Laura Schmidt Roberts, Fresno Pacific University, USA4. Mennonite Women Doing Theology: A Methodological Reflection on Twenty-Five Years of Conferences Carol Penner, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada5. Queering Anabaptist Theology: An Endeavor in Breaking Binaries as Hermeneutical Community, Stephanie Chandler Burns, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada6. On the Need for Critical-Contextual and Trauma-Informed Methods in Mennonite Theology, Melanie Kampen, Independent Scholar7. The Ecumenical Vocation of Anabaptist Theology, Jeremy M. Bergen, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada8. Dialogue as Theological Method: Mennonite Missionaries, West African Churches, and Twenty-First-Century Anabaptist Identity, R. Bruce Yoder, Independent Scholar9. Restlessness as Theological Method, Paul Doerksen, Canadian Mennonite University, CanadaNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

This is an important, provocative, and edifying book for pastors and scholars in Anabaptist communities because it shows how individuals in many settings can find fruitful theological resources in Anabaptist thought.