Anabaptist journals

Being a member of a conservative Anabaptist congregation, I too would love to see more Anabaptist based books etc. I think, however, that since we are in the minority I might just be wishful thinking because of production costs vs. demand. I have found and bought a few resources that Logos has though and am thankful for the few that they do have. There are a few Anabaptist publishers out there and most of the ones I am thinking of don't have internet sites so I don't know if they would even agree to electronic publishing. It is nice to dream though  [:)]

If you are ever interested at looking for some hard copies to look at email me at rick68 at vqme  com and I'll send you a link to the only dealer that I know who sells them on line. He has a lot, anything from Amish schoolbooks up to theologies. Very reasonably priced as well but a lot of the books are more along the lines of workbooks as well. Forum rules prohibit me from simply supplying you the link here.   [:)]

God bless,

Rick

Edited: Fixed address to prevent spam.  Thanks for the reminder!!  [Y]

William Bingham said:

Just a quick thought..  You might want to change the way the email is written...you might see lots of spam.

Yes, better to write it as "name [at] domain [dot] com" or something along those lines, so the web bots can't pick it up to use in mailing lists.

You can edit your message here to change that if you do it within...I think it's 18 hours...after posting. Just click the "More" dropdown menu at the right of your post, and select "Edit" -- if you don't see "Edit" on the menu, then you've missed your window of opportunity. But if you really want to get your email address off of there, you could email the Logos support folks and someone there could probably edit it.

And ditto for Roger: It's not a good idea to use your email address as your display name for posting on the forum. You can change that as follows: go to logos.com, sign in if necessary, click on My Account, click on the Profile tab, change the text for Display Name, click Save Changes. Then you also need to go to your Forum profile to make the changes take effect there: go back to forums.logos.com, click Edit (at the upper right), verify that the Display Name now shows what you changed it to in your logos.com profile, then click Save down at the bottom.

[I should have posted this first before my reply about email addresses, but I wasn't finished editing it.]

+1 [Y] Yes, I'd love to see Direction Journal, which is a peer-reviewed academic journal from a Mennonite/Anabaptist perspective: "For over thirty years Direction has been addressing biblical, theological, historical, ethical, and church-related issues. A semiannual publication, Direction is supported by Mennonite Brethren higher education institutions in the United States and Canada."  All the back issues prior to the most recent back issue are available for free online in entirety, so there shouldn't be too much difficulty in licensing the content for Logos.

Richard Hypes said:

There are a few Anabaptist publishers out there and most of the ones I am thinking of don't have internet sites so I don't know if they would even agree to electronic publishing.

Herald Press is a major Mennonite/Anabaptist publishing house. It is the book publishing imprint of Mennonite Publishing Network, a ministry of the Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA. They are the publishers of the Believers Church Bible Commentary (19 vols), which is available in Logos format. I'd love to see more of their works in Logos! That is the only one so far, and it's a great one.

Wow, I thought that I was almost by myself here. It is great to know others are interested as well. Maybe Logos will hear us!

The Contemporary Anabaptist Theology. I am on page 108 right now. It is kind of a hard read for me, written well above my education level.

Some of my favorites are copy/pasted below:

Since 1998 we have been bringing you products of conservative Mennonite publishers, most of whom avoid the Web:

Rod & Staff and Green Pastures Press

Pathway Publishers and Christian Light

Lamp & Light and Christian Hymnary Publishers

Eastern Mennonite Publications and more

We also make it possible for you to purchase their school materials -- easily, conveniently, online.

Sounds like you found Mark's web site. It is the site that I was referring to. A lot of old orders would use these materials. Even though my congregation is not old order we do have a written ordnung (commonly referred to as written creeds to live by). My specific congregation just requires filters and good judgment for the internet but a congregation in which we have a lot of interactivity with requires them to have a program that sends their internet history to their Bishop.

Old order and Amish schools complete school after the eighth grade, ours is the tenth. We still have the option to go to a higher level too. We have had one man become a doctor.

We do practice a form of shun, but not like most people think of as with old orders and we practice excommunication in which they are not asked for communion if they are living in open sin.

Most people in my congregation that use Bible study programs use the free/less expensive because of income and still using dial up. I'm blessed that I am able to invest in software such as Logos and have a broadband connection.

Sounds rough, but I truly love it.

  Glad I caught this thread!  I want to add my voice to the others in requesting more Anabaptist resources. I think the most important one which I hope they will someday add it the Martyr's Mirror. It is a huge tome, I have it here beside me, and sometimes I fear that it might overweigh the bookshelf, which will then come tumbling down upon my head. But it is much more extensive than the Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Also, how about Harold Bender's "The Anabaptist Vision?" Anybody for that one?

Rosie, Thanks for the reply.

The Anabaptist vision is a short booklet at only 48 pages, but I am not sure if that is the entire booklet printed on the site you sent. Need to find my copy to check.

I was informed by one of the salesmen that LOGOS does have an agreement with Herald Press though I can find no books on the LOGOS library from them. You can order REAL BOOKS from them;
http://store.mpn.net/catalog.cfm?CatPos=4

Also Herald Press also has a site for permission for sharing any works which will also allow you to check copyright. http://store.mpn.net/catalog.cfm?CatPos=4

God Bless  - Fred

Rosie Perera said:

Interesting. I'd never heard of any of those, for obvious reasons. Are these Old Order Mennonites? Kind of like Amish, right, in that they shun technology? I bet not many of them use Logos! So maybe putting their books in Logos would benefit an extremely small minority. I remember hearing about a talk given by an Old Order Mennonite out in my neck of the woods (British Columbia Lower Mainland). He'd traveled from Eastern Canada, I think. That they were even able to get him to agree to come and speak was remarkable, but I think there must have been some family connection. (I don't recall whether he came by horse & buggy but I kinda doubt it.) And then there was the question of how he could be heard by the large audience. He refused to use a microphone. I don't remember how they ever resolved that. But it's an amusing story about the clash of cultures.

There were a large number of Amish in one cornerof the county where I grew up.  They would drive their horse and buggies into town to shop or have their horses shoed (We had a blacksmith in the church who did wrought iron work and took care of the Amish).  They didn't drive cars or have electricity or phones, but they had no hesitancy to take a bus or ask someone to drive them somewhere when needed.  There were a number who did excellent carpentry and used electric tools, but someone else owned them.  They had a tendency to not mix with the "English."  Then there was another group we tended to call the "gasoline Amish" who did drive cars and didn't tend to dress quite so severely as the Amish.  One of them owned a Christian bookstore in town -- I bought my first commentary from him (Bethany Book Store).  One time when I was learning to use a clutch after having learned to drive, I was taking my dad's car back to him (he lived in the south of town while we lived in the north), I stopped for a light behind several cars and let the clutch out a bit too far and bumped the car in front who happened to be driven by a Menonnite.  He was just as nice as could be though I was thoroughly embarrassed. 

EDIT:  The larger supermarkets in town such as Krogers had spaces reserved for the Amish where they could tie their horses.