TS 640
The Mennonite Tradition in Historical Context
Winter 2025
Topics
- Anabaptist, Mennonite, Amish, and Hutterite history
- Medieval origins
- Global expansion
- Historical change and religious identity
Readings
- Book-review choices include Troy Osborne — Radicals and Reformers: A Survey of Global Anabaptist History (2024); Felipe Hinojosa — Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture (2014); Hoekema and Jecker, eds. — Testing Faith and Tradition (2006); Lapp and Snyder, eds. — Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts (2006); Prieto — Mission and Migration (2010); and Asheervadam et al. — Churches Engage Asian Traditions (2011).
- Other book-review choices include Francis S. Ojwang — Forward in Faith (2015); Conrad L. Kanagy — Winds of the Spirit (2012); James Sauder — Surviving, Thriving, and Multiplying (2018); Lawrence M. Yoder — The Muria Story (2006); Charles E. Moore, ed. — Bearing Witness (2016); and Richard K. MacMaster and Donald R. Jacobs — A Gentle Wind of God (2006).
- Required weekly readings supplied through LEARN and Course Reserves.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Winter 2025
- There is no common required textbook; students select one approved book for review.