http://www.gameo.org/
Given that the Jewish Encyclopedia and the Catholic Encyclopedia (both public domain) are offered by Logos, shouldn't the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online also be available?It contains a number of important church documents not included in current resources (to the best of my knowledge). Anyone want to take the initiative in contacting GAMEO to see if they are open to such a possibility?
Or even just work towards a Logos book of the church documents?
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Anyone want to take the initiative in contacting GAMEO to see if they are open to such a possibility?
Have done so.
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Related to that, I would like to see the Mennonite Quarterly Review (founded by Harold S. Bender and the Mennonite Historical Society; published continually since 1927; articles on the Radical Reformation, Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites; refereed by leading scholars in the field; reviews of recent publications; inter-disciplinary) and Direction Journal (a semiannual publication supported by Mennonite Brethren higher education institutions in the US and Canada which has been addressing biblical, theological, historical, ethical, and church-related issues for over thirty years) in Logos format.
Thank you Rosie. I hope it comes through as it would be a major addition useful to many users.
Got the reply back from them. They're not interested:
"Thank you for your interest in GAMEO. At this time I don'tbelieve we've interested in such a project. One of our basic principles is freeaccess to GAMEO's content via its website. The content is constantly changingas well. We are developing a DVD version that might be released annually thatwill available on a cost-recovery basis for persons who use computers, but notthe internet (includes some conservative Mennonite groups, Hutterites, etc.).It's not clear to me what added benefit an affiliation with LOGOS wouldprovide."
I can think of ways to reply to them. They might reach a larger audience (including many non-Mennonites who are curious/inquirers) with their content who wouldn't otherwise know about it. There is a growing interest in Anabaptist ideals in this war-torn world and I think there could be some benefit to them sharing info about the history of the Mennonites/Anabaptists with a wider Christian audience. But given that they want the content to remain free to all, I'm not sure whether Logos would be interested in working with them anyway. So it's probably not worth pursuing at this time. Pity.
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But given that they want the content to remain free to all, I'm not sure whether Logos would be interested in working with them anyway.
The next logical step would be to ask permission to distribute the church documents for free once we have the PBB. That could help convince Anabaptist presses to see Logos as a potential partner.
Yes, good idea. Now where's PBB?!!!