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The lead article in this edition is a good follow-up to the two-part series on the Brethren in Christ and the Civil Rights Movement by David Weaver-Zercher (in the December 2021 and April 2022 journals) and the article on Brethren in Christ pastoral identity by Lisa Weaver Swartz in the...read more
Introduction Denominational identities are elusive things. Bore down deep enough in any given area of belief or practice within a church group and one is certain to find some form of variance over time. Even meticulously preserved rituals take place in changing cultural contexts which lend those rituals new connections...read more
JACK M. HOLL, The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Duty, God, and Country. DLibrary of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021. Pp. 345. $29.99 US. Dwight David Eisenhower remains probably the most famous American to ever attend a Brethren in Christ Sunday school. For at least a few...read more
TED GRIMSRUD. To Follow the Lamb: A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022. Pp. 278. $34.00 US. Over the years, several friends or church acquaintances have told me, “I don’t read the book of Revelation because it’s too violent.” But now I can recommend...read more
R. W. L. MOBERLY. The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018. Pp. 234. $22.00 US. In this volume dedicated to his children, Hebrew Bible scholar and theological interpreter of Christian scripture Walter Moberly offers wisdom for all generations of Christians...read more
URBANE PEACHEY, Making Wars Cease: A Survey of MCC Peace Section 1940-1990. Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2022. Pp. 310. $20.00 US. When I received a review copy of this book, I was immediately intrigued. In Making Wars Cease, Urbane Peachey traces the history of Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Peace Section...read more