Benjamin W. Redekop, Calvin W. Redekop (Editors)
Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. First printing. 0801866057 xiii/246 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in white cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"Founded in part on a rejection of "worldly" power and the use of force, Anabaptism carried with it the promise of redemptive power. Yet the attempt to banish worldly power to the margins of the Christian community has been fraught with dilemmas, contradictions, and, at times, blatant abuses of authority. In this groundbreaking book, Benjamin W. Redekop, Calvin W. Redekop, and their coauthors draw on classic and contemporary thinking to confront the issue of power and authority in the Anabaptist-Mennonite community. From the power relationships of the sixteenth-century Peasants' War to issues of contemporary sexuality, the topics of "Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition" are sure to interest a wide audience."