Becoming AnabaptistThe Origin and Significance of Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism by J. Denny Weaver |
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"With Denny Weaver as your guide, you will find it a great joy to walk through the adventure called Anabaptism." - William H. Willimon, in the Foreword
When Becoming Anabaptist appeared in 1987, it was the first major study to incorporate the new history of multiple beginnings and a diverse history of Anabaptism into a synthesis of meanings for the contemporary church. J. Denny Weaver's second edition will continue to be welcomed by scholars and by church leaders alike.
"Weaver's study is invaluable." - Christianity Today
"Denny Weaver offers a highly readable history of Anabaptist beginnings which, while providing a synthesis of the recent scholarship, also has in view the practical goal of keeping the legacy alive for adherents of the believers church tradition today." - The Sixteenth Century Journal
"J. Denny Weaver helps members of the Free Church in our task of becoming Anabaptist." - Brethren Life and Thought
About the Author
Since 1975, J. Denny Weaver has served as professor of religion at Bluffton University. He taught one year at Goshen College (1974-75) and was a visiting professor of theology at Canadian Mennonite Bible College (1990-91). Since the first edition of Becoming Anabaptist, he has written Keeping Salvation Ethical (1997), Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity (2000), and The Nonviolent Atonement (2001). He is editor of The C. Henry Smith Series, and a frequent speaker in a variety of academic and church settings.