Keeping Salvation EthicalMennonite and Amish Atonement Theology in the Late Nineteenth Century Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series, Vol. 35 |
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"An excellent model showing that Mennonites did not make the disjuncture between soteriology and ethics that has often appeared in Protestantism."
--Theron F. Schlabach, in the Series Editor's Preface
In this pioneering work, J. Denny Weaver analyzes late-19th-century Mennonite and Amish thought on atonement, an issue of concern for all Christians. He maintains that these Anabaptists did have a theology, displayed in the lived faith and in their writings, but it was threatened by the satisfaction theory of atonement.
Here is a unique comparative study of theology across Mennonite and Amish denominational lines. Weaver demonstrates how these eight writers tied nonresistance and atonement together, in contrast to 19th-century American evangelical theology.
Weaver uses many primary sources long neglected. His book creatively links history to theology and to the contemporary church. In a bold challenge, he proposes a historicized Christus Victor model of atonement and peacemaking for an alternative-church theology in critique of Christendom.
"Thoroughly documented. . . . An excellent historical background for continuing analysis."
--C. Norman Kraus, in the Foreword
About the Author
J. Denny Weaver, Professor of Religion at Bluffton (Ohio) College, is the author of Becoming Anabaptist and many articles and essays on Anabaptist and Mennonite theology.