History and mission in Europe
Subtitle: continuing the conversation
By: edited by Mary Raber and Peter F. Penner
Publisher: Neufeld Verlag; Herald Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Schwarzenfeld
Language: eng; ger; rus
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9783937896984
Subjects: Mennonites; Doctrines; Missions; History
Notes: Published in collaboration with Institute of Mennonite Studies, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries.

"This collection of articles offers only a glimpse of the variety of topics that arise around the conversation table of which Walter Sawatsky is part"--Cover P.[4]

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English, German or Russian with English abstracts.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Taking contextual influences seriously: the contributions of Walter W. Sawatsky / John A. Lapp; title: "A sower went out": a tribute to Walter Sawatsky / N. Gerald Shenk; title: The religious life of Mennonites in the mid-1920s through the eyes of the Soviet political police: the case of the Fuerstenland settlement (in Russian) / Oksana Beznosova and Aleksandr Beznosov; title: The Selbstschutz: a Mennonite army in Ukraine, 1918-1919 / Lawrence Klippenstein; title: Theological education in Eastern and Central Europe: major developments and challenges since 1910 / Anne-Marie Kool and Peter Penner; title: History of the Baptist-initsiativnik movement (in Russian) / Tatiana Nikolskaia; title: Soviet baptism after World War II: rethinking the concept of church / Olena Panych; title: The evangelical movement in Russia and political parties (in Russian) / Vladimir A. Popov; title: Women as pillars of revival = Frauen als Säulen der Erweckung / Johannes Reimer; title: Elements of post-Gulag Mennonite theology: view of an eyewitness / Johannes Dyck; title: The current crisis in Protestant theological education in the Former Soviet Union / Mark R. Elliott; title: From Mennonite to Anabaptist: Mennonite witness in England since 1974 / Alan Kreider; title: Patterns of church-state relations in Eastern Europe under Communism and post-Communism / Paul Mojzes; title: Doing theology in community: reflections on quality in theological education / Bernhard Ott; title: Remembering the Russian Bible commentary: a memoir in context / Mary Raber; title: Correct losers; title: but the wrong winners: thoughts (not just) on Eastern Germany since 1989 / William Yoder; title: "The Russian Christ": Dostoevsky and the search for a global ethic / Leonard Friesen; title: Mission in cities: a challenge for Anabaptistic communities in Germany = Mission in Städten: Eine Herausforderung für täuferisch geprägte Gemeinden in Deutschland / Heinrich Klassen; title: Promoting peace through unity in diversity: reflections on North American Mennonite influence on Europeans and their future relationship / Hansulrich Gerber; title: Religious experience as a way of doing theology: challenges of the twentieth century / Olga Zaprometova.