Institute of Mennonite Studies Digital Collection

Christian perspectives on war and peace in the Old Testament, by Waldemar Janzen -- Old Testament cherem and New Testament sentences of Holy law, by Rebecca Yoder -- A tenacious misinterpretation: John 2:15 (translated by John H. Yoder), by Jean Lassere -- Isaiah 58, jubilee and Latin America, by Tom Hanks -- Economic structure in the Old Testament, by Millard Lind -- New Testament insight into money matters, by Henry Poettcker -- Reviews of Millard Lind's Yahweh is a Warrior by Jacob J. Enz and Elmer Martens.

Papers from the Conference on Call to Theological Education in Missional Perspective, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, February 26-28, 1981, sponsored by the Council of Mennonite Seminaries and the Mennonite Missionary Study Fellowship.

Law in the Old Testament / Millard C. Lind -- Some theses toward a theology of law in the New Testament / John E. Toews -- The problem of law during the Protestant Reformation / Thomas N. Finger -- The history of law and its influence on western society / William J. Hawk -- Law and morality / Conrad G. Brunk.

Old Testament and early Judaistic perspectives / Waldemar Janzen -- New Testament and early church perspectives / George R. Brunk III -- A patristic and medieval perspective / Peter C. Erb -- Anabaptist-Mennonite perspectives / C.J. Dyck -- A Hispanic perspective / Rafael Falcón -- Perspectives on the Christian nurture of the powerless-oppressed / John A. Rogers -- Findings report: basic understandings of congregational nurture -- Responses to the papers -- Responses of the Congregational Listening Team -- Plenary discussion.

Contents: Introduction / Marlin E. Miller -- How Mennonites have done and should do theology / Marlin Jeschke -- Perspectives on a Mennonite theology / J. Denny Weaver -- Is "systematic theology" possible from a Mennonite perspective? / Thomas Finger -- Mennonite systematic theology and the problem of comprehensiveness / A. James Reimer -- The mission of theology / Howard John Loewen.

Introduction / Marlin E. Miller -- Moltmann's theology of the cross / Thomas Finger -- Luther's doctrine of the two kingdoms and its use today / Clarence Bauman -- Barth's doctrine of the Lordship of Christ and the experience of the confessing church / John Howard Yoder -- Political theology and political hermeneutics / Helmut Harder -- Political theology and political hermeneutics / LeRoy Friesen -- Following Christ in an age of nuclear war / Ted Koontz -- Following Christ in an age of nuclear war / Tom Finger -- Response to the responses / Jürgen Moltmann -- Review of Following Jesus in the world today / Perry Yoder.

Herem in the Old Testament : a critical reading / Mark Fretz -- Violence and the sacred scapegoat (Girard & Schwager) / Edmund Pries -- Summary and critique of Norbert Lohfink's Gewalt und Gewaltlosigkeit im Alten Testament / Millard C. Lind -- Peter Stuhlmacher's contributions to a biblical theology of the New Testament / Paul Dyck -- Jesus as conscientizer / Jan Lugibihl -- The new law of Christ and early Christian pacifism / William Elster -- War and peace in the patristic age / John Friesen.

Preface / Gayle Gerber Koontz. Part 1: Feminist Hermeneutics. A classicist looks at the difficult passages / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- Biblical interpretation / David Schroeder -- A hermeneutical challenge for womanists / Toinette M. Eugene -- Modern women and ancient writing / Mary Schertz -- The hermeneutical challenge / Diane L. MacDonald -- Hermeneutic community -- a feminist challenge / Lydia Harder. Part 2: Hermeneutics Applied: Proposals and Responses. The New Testament haustafel: egalitarian or status quo? /David Schroeder -- The triumphal entry: a study of authority (Luke 19:24-21:38) / Mary Schertz -- "Likewise you wives...": another look at 1 Peter 2 :11-5:11 / Mary Schertz -- God as friend: Jephthah's daughter (Judges 11:29-40) / Mary Schertz -- Is God the friend of slaves and wives? / Ben C. Ollenburger -- Method and understanding for texts and disciples / Willard M. Swartley -- Response to the responders / Mary Schertz.

Deliverance and bondage : biblical and theological perspectives / Thomas N. Finger and Willard M. Swartley -- Resisting the devil in the patristic, medieval and Reformation church / Dennis D. Martin -- An evangelical position on bondage and exorcism / Timothy M. Warner -- A Catholic view of exorcism and deliverance / Robert T. Sears -- Demon possession and exorcism in Africa, in the New Testament context and in North America / Jacob A. Loewen -- Presentations of God and the devil : a psychiatric perspective from object relations theory / Gerald Kauffman -- Jane Miller's story and testimony / Jane Miller -- Pastoral care of the demonized person / Mark H. Winslow -- Findings committee report.

Introduction: response to the idea of a 'Peace Theology Colloquium' / Edgar Metzler -- How do we do peace theology? / J. Lawrence Burkholder -- Mennonites and the state : preliminary reflections / Ted Koontz -- A reassessment of some traditional Anabaptist church state perspectives / John H. Redekop -- Power : an ethical analysis from the Christian perspective / Duane Friesen -- Proposal for an Anabaptist Peace Guard / Ron Sider -- Peace theology and the concept of warrior God / Ben C. Ollenburger -- Peace theology and the justice of God in the Book of Revelation / Ted Grimsrud -- Peace theology and patriarchy : the trajectory of scripture and feminist conviction / Gayle Gerber Koontz -- An ethic of character : the normative form of the Christian life according to Stanley Hauerwas / Harry Huebner -- On God : ethics and the power to act in history / Stanley Hauerwas.

A brief autobiographical account / C. Norman Kraus -- Biblical considerations / Dorothy Jean Weaver -- Christology and contextualization / Grant R. Osborne -- Jesus Christ our Lord from a missiological perspective / Fumitaka Matsuoka -- Pastoral issues in Jesus Christ our Lord / Melvin D. Schmidt -- Jesus Christ our Lord in historical Anabaptist perspective / Cornelius J. Dyck -- Theological reflections on Jesus Christ our Lord / I. John Hesselink -- Reply to interpretations and criticisms / C. Norman Kraus -- Appendix: book reviews.

Introduction : PolyMennos : identities in ferment / Leo Driedger, Leland Harder -- The quest for Anabaptist identity / Walter Klaassen -- Shifting Mennonite theological orientations / C. Norman Kraus -- Sectarianism and the sect cycle / Calvin Redekop -- Modernity and modernization / Donald Kraybill -- The sacred and secularization / Peter M. Hamm -- Communal commitment and individualism / Stephen C. Ainlay -- Identity and assimilation / Leo Driedger.

A curriculum guide for Mennonite conference-based pastoral education / Paul M. Zehr -- Leadership training for the church of the future / Jim Egli -- Responses / by Lois Barrett, Harold E. Bauman, Richard C. Detweiler, Ralph A. Lebold, Erick Sawatzky -- The last work / Paul M. Zehr, Jim Egli.

Creating justice in the space around us : toward a biblical theology of peace between men and women / Mary H. Schertz ; Response / Lydia Neufeld Harder -- Redemptive resistance to violation of women : Christian power, justice, and self-giving love / Gayle Gerber Koontz ; Response / Lois J. Edmund -- Domestic abuse : a case study / Isaac I. Block ; Response / Carolyn Holderread Heggen -- Christian ideology, rape and women's postrape journeys to healing / Ruth E. Krall ; Response / Miriam E. Martin -- Content to suffer : an exploration of Mennonite theology from the context of violence against women / Carol Penner ; Response / Harriet Sider Bicksler.

Mennonite discipleship for the twenty-first century / Graham Cyster -- "The sea, the ship and the lifeboats" : discipleship in the life and times of Menno Simons / Gerke J.J. van Hiele -- How the Ethiopian Mennonite Church sees Christ / Shamsudin Abdo -- Christ in African-American Christianity / Wilma Ann Bailey -- Christ : how do Indonesians experience and see Him? / Aristarchus Sukarto -- Menno's view of Jesus : the foundation of a new reality / Lydia Neufeld Harder -- The concept of discipleship in an Indian-Hindu context / Shant S. Kunjam -- 'Seguimiento' and spirituality : viewing and sponsoring discipleship in the Latin American context / Daniel S. Schipani -- Keywords related to discipleship among the Russian-German Anabaptists / Heinrich Loewen, Jr. -- Keywords relating to discipleship in the thought of Menno Simons / C. Arnold Snyder -- A discussion about Arnold Snyder's paper / Adolf Ens, C. Arnold Snyder, et al. -- The cost of discipleship in Menno's life and thinking / Neal Blough -- An interview / Alix Lozano and Milka Rindzinski -- Ephesians 3:17-19 / Milka Rindzinski -- Ephesians 2:11-22 / Herutomo -- One greater than Menno (I Cor. 3:11; John 2:5; Matth. 12:6) / Gerhard Ratzlaff -- Conclusions and perspectives / Alle Hoekema and Roelf Kuitse.

The church and its theological education : a vision / Daniel S. Schipani -- Congregational theological education : congregational education / Leonor de Méndez. Responses / Cathy Mputo, Mikha Joedhiswara, Ineke Reinhold-Scheuermann, Heidi Regier Kreider -- Non-formal theological education : the Meserete Kristos Church experience / Bedru Hussein. Responses / Wendy Binks, José Gallardo, John Powell, Helen Dueck -- Formal theological education : the centre and the boundaries / Lydia Harder. Responses / Bruce Khumalo, Jaime Prieto, V.K. Rufus, Bernhard Ott -- Conclusion -- Consultation participants -- Institutions and programs.

Why the Dutch were the first Mennonites to send missionaries overseas -- Pieter Jansz (1820-1904) : first missionary to Java -- H.C. Klinkert (1829-1913) : missionary, journalist, bible translator, linguist -- The German-Russian connection -- The education of evangelists and preachers on the mission field -- Dutch Mennonite mission and ecumenical relations.

Introduction: reading the Bible as Scripture -- Now that the "restrictions" are gone -- Interpreting the Bible: Anabaptist or Mennonite? -- The role of Mennonite theological inquiry in the coming decades -- Pacifism and nonviolence: reassessing the paradigms -- Jesus and the politics of peace -- From cultic taboo to ethical norm -- An Anabaptist spirituality for the twenty-first century -- Spirit and spirituality: reclaiming biblical transcendence -- The primal temptation: a technological fix -- The beginning of the assembly congregation: a theological reflection -- How my mind has changed -- From Mennonite fundamentalism to critical anabaptism: my story.

Worldviews and why they matter / Paul G. Hiebert -- Biblical faith confronts evil spiritual realities / Willard M. Swartley -- Generational sin and demonic oppression / Lawrence E. Burkholder -- Suffering, sin, and the generous grace of God : a response to Lawrence E. Burkholder / Heidi Siemens-Rhodes -- The systemic spirit of the family : reframing intergenerational sin in a therapeutic culture / Ronald E. Hammer -- Beyond denigration to a holistic understanding of deliverance ministries : a response to Ronald E. Hammer / Wesley Bontreger -- Case study : Mrs. E / Dean Hochstetler -- Case study : Mr. Q / Dean Hochstetler -- Case study : Gwen / as told to Duane Beck -- Trusting Jesus when quick fixes elude us : a Belmont Mennonite Church story / Duane Beck -- Congregation-based deliverance ministry : a Yellow Creek Mennonite Church story / Wesley Bontreger -- In pursuit of truth and the healing touch of Jesus : my story / Dean Hochstetler, with Harold Bauman -- Reflections on deliverance ministry : my story / Willard M. Swartley -- The daughters of Zion and deliverance ministries : my story / Sheiler Stokes -- Demonization and the therapeutic community : my viewpoint / Paul J. Yoder -- Preparing pastors to face the challenge : deliverance ministry and pastoral care / Loren L. Johns and Arthur McPhee -- Where from here? / J. Nelson Kraybill -- Appendix 1. Resources for reflection and ministry / Dean Hochstetler -- Appendix 2. A prayer for protection / Willard M. Swartley -- Appendix 3. Exorcism 101 / Clinton E. Arnold -- Bibliography for deliverance ministries / Willard M. Swartley.