John C. Wenger's Introduction to Theology is a good Biblical study, and the best Mennonite Theology written to date. It is again in print. Hardcover. 411 pp.

This classic statement about the distinctives of Anabaptist belief was given as the presidential address to the 1943 meeting of the American Society of Church History. 48 pages.

The South German/Austrian Anabaptist branch of the Anabaptist family was unique for its mystical origins and spiritualist emphases, its early fascination with the End Times, and for the communal forms of Anabaptism that evolved from these beginnings. From influential pre-Anabaptist writings by Jorg Haugk von Juchsen and Hans Hergott…

Edited by Daniel Kauffman, this book includes discussions on the Trinity, man, his redeemed state, death, angels, Satan, and marriage, with numerous Scripture references. 640 pages.

The author's life story, but more broadly the .story of the Mennonites in Russia and the Ukraine in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

A unique resource for a generation, the preeminent textbook in its field. Cornelius J. Dyck interacts with the many changes in Anabaptist/Mennonite experience and historical understandings in this revised and updated edition. This is a history of Mennonites from the 16th century to the present. Though simply written, it…

This English edition of Menno Simons’ writings contains all the known writings of Menno, including several tracts, letters, and hymns never previously translated. The entire contents of this edition were translated from the Dutch by Leonard Verduin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and edited by J. C. Wenger, who wrote clarifying…

John H. Yoder, editor and translator. In the historic meeting held in 1527 at Schleitheim, Switzerland, an ad hoc group of Anabaptists worked through fundamental disagreements and emerged with a consensus on seven points of faith which became known as the Schleitheim Confession. One chapter from The Legacy of Michael Sattler.

Four hundred seventy years ago the Anabaptist movement was launched with the inauguration of believers' baptism and the formation of the first congregation of the Swiss Brethren in Zurich, Switzerland. This standard introduction to the history of Anabaptism by noted church historian William R. Estep offers a vivid chronicle…

John Howard Yoder's classic book first published in 1971, includes a treatment of Jewish pacifism, bibliographies, an index, and three new appendixes: Speaking Truth to Power, Quaker Political Witness; The Spectrum of Nonpacifist Postures; and Nonviolent National Defense Alternatives. Yoder points out assumptions, strengths, and shortcomings of each pacifist position…

The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Michael Sattler, one of most influential leaders in the first years of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the…

The first volume in the Cross Bearers Series, March Forward with the Word is a well-researched, accessible biography of Conrad Grebel, one of the original founders of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the cultural context of…

This anthology provides the best introduction to the core beliefs and foundational principles of Anabaptism.

This comprehensive book compiles the writings and statements of thirty-seven sixteenth-century Anabaptists. Selections are arranged under topics such as baptism, the church, nonresistance, Jesus the Word, government, the cross, suffering, discipleship, and relations to other…

Today more than 1.5 million Christians are members of churches which sprouted more or less directly from Anabaptist seed. Who are these Christians? What do they believe? How do they act? What in fact do they hold in common?

A story about the first German printing of the Martyrs Mirror in America.
"The candle was burning in a small room off the passageway. It showed a desk cluttered with printed pages. Then he saw something on the window shelf and forgot the cold. It was the Great Book."

Home is the center of Amish life and most life events--birth, marriage, daily work and play, retirement, and even death--happen there. Stephen Scott explores the history and cultural development of three Amish homesteads--each of which has been occupied by the current family of residence for at least four generations. --…

AMISH GRACE explores the many questions the Nickel Mines school shooting raises about the religious beliefs and habits that led the Amish to forgive so quickly. It looks at the ties between forgiveness and membership in a cloistered communal society and ask if Amish practices parallel or diverge from other…