Keeping salvation ethical: Mennonite and Amish atonement theology in the late nineteenth century

663 Pages·1997·3.52 MB·English

by  J. Denny Weaver

Keeping Salvation Ethical : Mennonite and
Amish Atonement Theology in the Late
title:
Nineteenth Century Studies in Anabaptist
and Mennonite History ; No. 35
author: Weaver, J. Denny.
publisher: Herald Press
isbn10 | asin: 0836131185
print isbn13: 9780836131185
ebook isbn13: 9780585348988
language: English
Atonement--History of doctrines--19th
century, Christian ethics--History--19th
subject century, Mennonites--Doctrines--History-
-19th century, Amish--Doctrines--History-
-19th century.
publication date: 1997
lcc: BT263.W43 1997eb
ddc: 230/.97/09034
Atonement--History of doctrines--19th
century, Christian ethics--History--19th
subject: century, Mennonites--Doctrines--History-
-19th century, Amish--Doctrines--History-
-19th century.
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Keeping Salvation Ethical
Mennonite and Amish Atonement Theology in the Late
Nineteenth Century
J. Denny Weaver
Foreword by C. Norman Kraus
Page 6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weaver, J. Denny, 1941-
Keeping salvation ethical : Mennonite and Amish atonement theology
in the late nineteenth century / J. Denny Weaver ; foreword by
C. Norman Kraus.
p. cm. (Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history; no. 35)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8361-3118-5 (alk. paper)
1. AtonementHistory of doctrines19th century. 2. Christian
ethicsHistory19th century. 3. MennonitesDoctrinesHistory
19th century. 4. AmishDoctrinesHistory19th century.
I. Title. II. Series.
BT263.W43 1996
230'.97'09034dc20 96-32281
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Bible quotations are used by permission, all rights reserved; those by
the author are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible,
copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Other
quotations in the sources are taken from Luther's Bibel, translated
from German, or modeled on the King James Version of The Holy
Bible.
KEEPING SALVATION ETHICAL
Copyright © 1997 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683
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Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History
Edited by Cornelius J. Dyck, Leonard Gross, Beulah Stauffer
Hostetler, Albert N. Keim, Walter Klaassen, John S. Oyer, John D.
Roth, Steve Reschly, and Editor-in-Chief Theron F. Schlabach.
Published by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo,
Ontario, in cooperation with Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen,
Indiana. The Society is primarily responsible for the content of the
studies, and Herald Press for their publication.
1. Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature, 17271928*
By Harold S. Bender, 1929
2. The Hutterian Brethren, 15281931
By John Horsch, 1931
3. Centennial History of the Mennonites in Illinois*
By Harry F. Weber, 1931
4. For Conscience' Sake*
By Sanford Calvin Yoder, 1940
5. Ohio Mennonite Sunday Schools*
By John Umble, 1941
6. Conrad Grebel, Founder of the Swiss Brethren*
By Harold S. Bender, 1950
7. Mennonite Piety Through the Centuries*
By Robert Friedmann, 1949
8. Bernese Anabaptists and Their American Descendants*
By Delbert L. Gratz, 1953
9. Anabaptism in Flanders, 15301650
By A. L. E. Verheyden, 1961
10. The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan*
By J. C. Wenger, 1961
11. Anabaptist Baptism: A Representative Study*
By Rollin Stely Armour, 1966
12. Lost Fatherland: The Story of Mennonite Emigration from Soviet
Russia, 19211927*
By John B. Toews, 1967
13. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference*
By Grant M. Stoltzfus, 1969
14. The Mennonite Church in India, 18971962
By John A. Lapp, 1972
15. The Theology of Anabaptism: An Interpretation
By Robert Friedmann, 1973
16. Anabaptism and Asceticism
By Kenneth R. Davis, 1974
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17. South Central Frontiers*
By Paul Erb, 1974
18. The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia,
18801884*
By Fred R. Belk, 1976
19. Mysticism and the Early South German-Austrian Anabaptist
Movement, 15251531*
By Werner O. Packull, 1976
20. Conscience in Crisis: Mennonites and Other Peace Churches in
America, 17391789
By Richard K. MacMaster with Samuel L. Horst and Robert F. Ulle,
1979
21. Gospel Versus Gospel: Mission and the Mennonite Church,
18631944*
By Theron F. Schlabach, 1979
22. Strangers Become Neighbors: Mennonites and Indigenous
Relations in the Paraguayan Chaco
By Calvin Redekop, 1980
23. The Golden Years of the Hutterites, 15651578*
By Leonard Gross, 1980
24. Mennonites in Illinois*
By Willard H. Smith, 1983
25. Petr Chelcicky: A Radical Separatist in Hussite Bohemia
By Murray L. Wagner, 1983
26. Maintaining the Right Fellowship: A Narrative Account of Life in
the Oldest Mennonite Community in North America*
By John L. Ruth, 1984
27. The Life and Thought of Michael Sattler
By C. Arnold Snyder, 1984
28. American Mennonites and Protestant Movements: A Community
Paradigm
By Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, 1987
29. Andreas Fischer and the Sabbatarian Anabaptists: An Early
Reformation Episode in East Central Europe
By Daniel Liechty, 1988
30. Apart and Together: Mennonites in Oregon and Neighboring
States, 18761976
By Hope Kauffman Lind, 1990
31. Tradition and Transition: Amish Mennonites and Old Order
Amish, 18001900
By Paton Yoder, 1991
32. John Smyth's Congregation: English Separatism, Mennonite
Influence, and the Elect Nation
By James Robert Coggins, 1991
33. The Lord's Supper in Anabaptism: A Study in the Theology of
Balthasar Hubmaier, Pilgram Marpeck, and Dirk Philips
By John D. Rempel, 1993
34. American Mennonites and the Great War, 19141918
By Gerlof D. Homan, 1994
35. Keeping Salvation Ethical: Mennonite and Amish Atonement
Theology in the Late Nineteenth Century
By J. Denny Weaver, 1997
*Out of print but available in microfilm, photocopies, or remainders.