T&T Clark Handbook of Anabaptism

by Brian C. Brewer

Publisher:

T&T Clark

Overview

By utilizing the contributions of a variety of scholars – theologians, historians, and biblical scholars – this book makes the complex and sometimes disparate Anabaptist movement more easily accessible. It does this by outlining Anabaptism's early history during the Reformation of the sixteenth century, its varied and distinctive theological convictions, and its ongoing challenges to and influence on contemporary Christianity.

T&T Clark Handbook of Anabaptism comprises four sections: 1) Origins, 2) Doctrine, 3) Influences on Anabaptism, and 4) Contemporary Anabaptism and Relationship to Others. The volume concludes with a chapter on how contemporary Anabaptists interact with the wider Church in all its variety.

While some of the authorities within the volume will disagree even with one another regarding Anabaptist origins, emphases on doctrine, and influence in the contemporary world, such differences represent the diversity that constitutes the history of this movement.

Key Features

• Outlines the Anabaptism's early history, its theological convictions, and ongoing challenges
• Explains how the contemporary Anabaptists interact with the wider Church in all its variety
• Deals with some disagreements regarding Anabaptist origin, emphases on doctrine, and influence in the contemporary world

Contents

• The Polygenesis of the Anabaptists - Andrea Strübind
• Early Swiss Anabaptists – David Y. Neufeld
• The German Peasants' War - Roy L. Vice
• Waldshut and South German Reforms – Kirk R. MacGregor
• Anabaptism in Central Germany – Kat Hill
• Anabaptists in Moravia – Martin Rothkegel
• Münster and the 'New Jerusalem' – Ralf Klötzer
• Anabaptists in the Netherlands – Troy Osborne
• Spiritualist Anabaptists – Geoffrey Dipple
• Anabaptists in Prussia - Mark Jantzen
• Women in Early Anabaptism – Sr. Nicole Grochowina

Product Details

• Title: T&T Clark Handbook of Anabaptism
• Author: Brian C. Brewer
• Series: T&T Clark Handbooks
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Pages: 648
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780567689481, 0567689484
• Resource ID: LLS:TTCLRKHNDNBPTSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:34:03Z

About Brian C. Brewer

Dr. Brian C. Brewer teaches courses in Christian theology, specializing in historical theology of the Reformation period. Additionally, Brewer has overlapping interests in liturgical theology, Karl Barth, as well as Anabaptist, Baptist, and Free Church history and theology. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dr. Brewer holds a B.A. in religion from Baylor University. His M.Div. degree is from the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, where Brewer graduated Summa Cum Laude and was the very first graduate of the institution. Dr. Brewer subsequently earned a Master of Theology in Homiletics and Liturgy from Princeton Theological Seminary and also a Master of Philosophy and the Ph.D. degree, both in historical theology, from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. He has done additional study at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University and at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. A seasoned pastor, Brewer served as senior pastor of Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi and as pastor of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Previously, he was an adjunct professor of humanities at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. Upon joining the faculty at Truett Seminary, Brewer became the first alumnus of the institution to be elected as a professor. He is active in the Baptist World Alliance, serving on the Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation Commission. Dr. Brewer continues to stay connected to local congregations as a preacher and conference speaker, seeing both preaching and teaching as his Christian calling.