Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition

Founded in part on a rejection of worldly power and the use of force, Anabaptism carried with it the promise of redemptive power. Yet the attempt to banish worldly power to the margins of the Christian community has been fraught with dilemmas, contradictions, and, at times, blatant abuses of authority. In this groundbreaking book, Benjamin W. Redekop, Calvin W. Redekop, and their coauthors draw on classic and contemporary thinking to confront the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801866057
• ISBN13: 9780801866050
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"