The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism / Edition 3

by William R. Estep

Overview

Four hundred seventy years ago the Anabaptist movement was launched with the inauguration of believer's baptism and the formation of the first congregation of the Swiss Brethren in Zurich, Switzerland. This standard introduction to the history of Anabaptism by noted church historian William R. Estep offers a vivid chronicle of the rise and spread of teachings and heritage of this important stream in Christianity.

This third edition of The Anabaptist Story has been substantially revised and enlarged to take into account the numerous Anabaptist sources that have come to light in the last half-century as well as the significant number of monographs and other scholarly works on Anabaptist themes that have recently appeared. Estep challenges a number of assumptions held by contemporary historians and offers fresh insights into the Anabaptist movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802808868
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/18/1995
Edition description:	ENL
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

(1920-2000) Former Distinguished Professor Emeritus ofChurch History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaryin Fort Worth, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. The Birth of Anabaptism
II. Meteors against the Night
III. A Superlative Witness
IV. Truth Is Immortal
V. From Zollikon to Augsburg
VI. Of Moravia and the Community of Goods
VII. Menno Simons and Dutch Anabaptism
VIII. Anabaptism and Reformation Theology
IX. Baptism and Discipleship
X. Church and State
XI. Across the Seas and through the Years

Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Restoration Quarterly
"A sympathetic and fair-minded account. Estep is a spiritually sensitive, careful, and thoughtful scholar. His book is the best popular synthetic treatment of sixteenth-century Anabaptist history."

Fides et Historia
"A valuable contribution to Reformation studies. . . It would be difficult to find a better volume for an introduction to sixteenth-century Anabaptism."

Southwestern Journal of Theology
"Recommended for its forceful and engaging style and for its unquestionable scholarship. Pastors, students, and scholars will be better informed in the area of Radical Reformation studies by its careful perusal."

Church History
"Accurate historically and may be used effectively for introductions by those within the believing camp of Anabaptism as well as by inquiring outsiders."

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