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Celebrations and Convictions
Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Luke L. Keefer, Jr.

December 2018 p. 324–326 | Book Review

ROBERT DOUGLASS and WYNDY CORBIN REUSCHLING, eds., Celebrations and Convictions: Honoring the Life & Legacy of Dr. Luke L. Keefer, Jr. Mechanicsburg, PA: Brethren in Christ Historical Society, 2015. Pp. 269. $??. “Chances are that if you are reading this book you already know something about Luke Keefer,” writes J....read more

First a Friend
The Life and Legacy of Alvan and Ardys Thuma

By Andrew J. Suderman

December 2018 p. 326–330 | Book Review

Carolyn Kimmel.First a Friend: The Life & Legacy of Alvan & Ardys Thuma. Printed by CreateSpace, 2015. Pp. 212. ISBN 978-1-5114-7150-3. “He saved my life,” (33), says (now former) Zambian Brethren In Christ (BIC) Bishop Thuma Hamukang’andu. “My father told me when I was a child, after a week, I...read more

Education with the Grain of the Universe
A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities

By David Weaver-Zercher

December 2018 p. 331–334 | Book Review

DENNY WEAVER, ed., Education with the Grain of the Universe: A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities.Foreword by Susan Schultz Huxman. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2017. Pp. 360. $27.95. This volume of 20 essays is the product of a conference on the past, present,...read more

The Future of Our Faith
An Intergenerational Conversation on Critical Issues Facing the Church.

By Jonny Rashid & Rod White

August 2018 p. 217–221 | Book Review

RONALD J. SIDER and BEN LOWE. The Future of Our Faith: An Intergenerational Conversation on Critical Issues Facing the Church. Brazos Press, 2016. Pp. 240. $12 (US) Ron Sider and Ben Lowe demonstrate their admirable ambition for the life of the church throughout The Future of our Faith,the latest of...read more

The Age of Evangelicalism: America’s Born-Again Years

By Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

August 2018 p. 214–217 | Book Review

STEPHEN P. MILLER.The Age of Evangelicalism: America’s Born-Again Years. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. 221. $19.95 (U.S.). For historians of American religion, it has become common practice—even a professional necessity—to begin any study of American evangelicalism with the admission that it is almost impossible to succinctly and objectively...read more

Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon

By Geoffrey Isley

August 2018 p. 211–214 | Book Review

JANNEKEN SMUCKER. Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. 270. $22.00 (U.S.) Published by the Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, with Donald L. Kraybill, as the series editor, this book sets itself up to be the official history of Amish...read more

God’s Reign and the End of Empires

By Leonard Chester

August 2018 p. 209–211 | Book Review

ANTONIO GONZALEZ, God’s Reign and the End of Empires. Miami: Convivium Press, 2012. Pp365. $26 (US). Translated from Spanish by Joseph V. Owens. Revised by Doris and Tom Strieter. Gonzalez presents a comprehensive biblical study, from Genesis to the Revelation, of what it means to be in the Kingdom of...read more

The Gospel Next Door: Following Jesus Right Where You Are

By Zach Spidel

April 2018 p. 104–106 | Book Review

MARTY TROYER. The Gospel Next Door: Following Jesus Right Where You Are.Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2016. Pp. 206. $15.99 (U.S.) Marty Troyer is the pastor of Houston Mennonite Church, a dynamic congregation in the heart of one of America’s largest cities. He has written this book in an effort to...read more

Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners

By Lydia Haggard

April 2018 p. 101–103 | Book Review

BRUXY CAVEY. Reunion: The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners. Harrisonburg, VA. Herald Press, 2017. Pp. 207. $21.99 (U.S.) Part One of this book begins with a personal story that will make some readers want to shut the book and throw it across the room. For others,...read more

Peace, Progress, and the Professor: The Mennonite History of C. Henry Smith

By Ted Grimsrud

April 2018 p. 98–101 | Book Review

PERRY BUSH. Peace, Progress, and the Professor: The Mennonite History of C. Henry Smith. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2015. 457 pages. $29.99. Henry Smith (1875-1948) was a fascinating and important American Mennonite figure whose story has been well told by Perry Bush in Peace, Progress, and the Professor: The Mennonite...read more

Gathering the Silence

By Michael Courtney

April 2018 p. 96–98 | Book Review

EILEEN R. KINCH. Gathering the Silence. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2013. Pp. 25. $12.00 (U.S.) There’s much to savor in the 21 poems making up Eileen R. Kinch’s Gathering the Silence. A Quaker from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Kinch draws on heritage and experience to engage ideas of contrast and...read more

Philippians

By Reta Halteman Finger

December 2017 p. 403–405 | Book Review

GORDON ZERBE. Philippians. Believers Church Bible Commentary. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2016. Pp. 349. $29.99. Imagine you are in an art museum, admiring a painting of a beautiful woodsy landscape. Suddenly, magically, the painting comes alive and three-dimensional, and you can walk right into it and explore the countryside! If...read more

Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace

By Luke Embree

December 2017 p. 400–402 | Book Review

JAY BEAMAN AND BRIAN K. PIPKIN, eds. Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace. Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2013. Pp. 291. $34.00 (USD) In light of Jay Beaman’s and Brian K. Pipkin’s extensive research, scholars will have to rethink their assessment of Pentecostalism and...read more

The Holy River of God: Currents and Contributions of the Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity

By Adam Blagg

December 2017 p. 398–400 | Book Review

BARRY L. CALLEN, ed. The Holy River of God: Currents and Contributions of the Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity. Aldersgate Press, 2016. Pp. 252. $14.99 (US) I like to think that most good ideas occur while talking and eating with friends, perhaps with a few notes jotted down on a...read more

Reimagining the Church: Implications of Being a People in the World

By Wanda Lehman Heise

December 2017 p. 396–398 | Book Review

ROBERT J. SUDERMAN. Re-imagining The Church: Implications of Being a People in the World. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016. Pp. Xv + 242. $31.00 (U.S.) Robert “Jack” Suderman, over a lifetime of service to the Kingdom of God in different capacities, has written many papers addressing the life of...read more