Conference on the Concept of the Believers' Church (15th : 2004 : Bridgewater College; Eastern Mennonite University)
Title:
Exiles in the empire : Believers Church perspectives on politics: papers presented at the fifteenth Believers Church Conference, ..., September 2004 / hosted by Bridgewater College and Eastern Mennonite University ; edited by Nathan E. Yoder and Carol A. Scheppard.
Conference held at Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Va. and at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., in September 2004. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / John D. Roth. Polls apart: why believers might conscientiously abstain from voting / Carol A. Scheppard -- Jesus' confrontation with empire / Ted Grimsrud -- Critique and subjection in Anabaptist political witness / Gerald Biesecker-Mast -- Political ramifications of being God's people in a promised land / William H. Brackney -- Lincoln's dilemma: theological reflections on God and the 'righteous' nation / J. Michael Robertson -- Church of the Brethren office in Washington, D.C.: advocacy or listening post? / Donald F. Durnbaugh -- Mennonite witness, U.S. power, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict / Alain Epp Weaver -- Living parables / Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm -- Second order of business: prayer by the chaplain / Jim Hardenbrook -- Minority views and the wider world: Yoder and Plantinga on particularity / Myron A. Penner -- Living in the reign of God in the 'real world': getting beyond two-kingdom theology / J. Denny Weaver -- Seek the welfare of the empire / J. Daryl Byler -- From a totalitarian regime to democratic individualism: a Lithuanian perspective / Otonas Balciunas -- Chinese believers making choices consistent with God's choices / Wu Wei -- Reaction to U.S. power: the case of Southern African Christians / Mwizenge S. Tembo -- Napalm on mama's house: can we be silent? / Earl and Pat Hostetter Martin -- Giving Caesar his due: a personal journey to political involvement / Lloyd Harsch -- Polls apart: why believers might conscientiously abstain from voting / John D. Roth.
Series:
Studies in the believers church tradition, 1480-7432 ; 5
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