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In Quest for Piety and Obedience, the authoritative history of the Brethren in Christ Church, Carlton Wittlinger details the significant changes or innovations that characterized the church during what he calls “the first period of transition” from 1880-1910: missions, local church outreach, Wesleyan holiness, institutions like Messiah Lifeways and Messiah College,...read more
On May 3, 1903 from her post at Matopo Mission in Southern Rhodesia in southern Africa, H. Frances Davidson ((For biographical information see Morris Sider, “Frances Davidson,” in Nine Portraits: Brethren in Christ Biographical Sketches (Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978), 159-214.)) penned a letter to three of her sisters, Ida Davidson Hoffman,1 Lydia...read more
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
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
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
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