An Online Bibliography 1859-2011
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Anabaptism and Mission An Online Bibliography 1859-2011 Edited by Chad Mullet Bauman and James R. Krabill (First Edition) Revised and Updated by Joseph F. Pfeiffer Introduction to the Updated, Online Edition (2011) The following online electronic resource represents my efforts over the last few years, as a student at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), with the sponsorship and partnership of the AMBS Mission Studies Center, directed by Walter W. Sawatsky, to update the first print edition of this work: Anabaptism and Mission: A Bibliography, 1859-2000 (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Mission Network, 2002), compiled and edited through the tremendous and tireless efforts of Chad M. Bauman and James R. Krabill. Throughout the ongoing project thus far, the researching and compiling of sources was a humbling task, as the body of bibliographic materials on this subject never remains static. Not only has the project entailed updating entries of authors and sources listed in the first edition, as well new authors and scholars that have come on the scene in the first decade of the 21 st century, but several more sources even from the 20th century were found and added, as the development of electronic communication and information technology has made a great deal more information and data available, even since the time of the first publication. Furthermore, the author has continued the trend of conceiving of Anabaptist as inherently broader than the mainline Mennonite denominations. Thus, including more materials from other Anabaptists traditions, such as the often over-looked Apostolic Christian tradition (see entries for Sheetz and Donais), as well as the Brethren in Christ Church, allows for the vision of a broader and more contextually diversified vision of Anabaptism to emerge, such as in contexts of the Amazon basin and New Guinea Highlands. The Church of the Brethren traditions, however, merit separate treatment, for the vastness of their own mission history and literature. Trends in the literature reflected in this bibliography, and especially in the last decade, indicate a community of scholars, pastors, and global leaders that are growing more and more aware of the global and contextual realities of their own faith and culture in a rapidly globalizing, changing world. The literature reflects a common desire to remain rooted in a faith tradition, while also considering new possibilities and appropriations of that faith in a new multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, trans-national era. Furthermore, more voices from “non-traditional” sources continue to come into the discussion, as various persons and interests from outside traditional Mennonite and Anabaptist circles, come to see Anabaptism as possessing potential for contributing to their own renewal of missional and ecclesial identity in the 21 st century world, engendering, and developing fresh energetic, and ecumenical dialogue. Indeed, Anabaptism and mission can be rather broad, fluid concepts at times; but is seems to be just such elasticity to ennable such creative and expansive dialogue, as represented in the literature surveyed here. As with most bibliographies, each draft is outdated as soon as it is finished. Time and time again, the author has felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume and breadth of materials that have emerged in the last decade, since the A&M Bibliography was published. The relationship of Anabaptism and mission is a hot topic, and the field continues to expand to include a number of disciplines and sub-disciplines emerging which attempt to integrate a vision that is both missional and faithful to the Anabaptist message–and to wrestling with what precisely that means! It soon became very clear that, with the emerging breadth of this field of study and research, literally encompassing the globe, there would always be more resources from more sources and in more languages and disciplines (and inter-disciplinary fields) than what one person can keep up with. The current form of the A&M Bibliography has expanded over 20% in just the last decade alone, since the first edition. And there is doubtless much more to be added for the project to be fully exhaustive. This can surely be interpreted as a good sign for the pertinence of materials relating to the subject of Anabaptism and Mission, broadly defined, to a truly Global, Twenty- First Century Church and World! It is therefore fitting that the newly updated (already, unfortunately outdated!) bibliography on Anabaptism and Mission reborn into an online electronic format. Not only will this ensure that the A&M Bibliography is exponentially more accessible, in an increasingly globalized world driven by electronic communication, but it also means that the compilation and updating of resources can become a more communal and corporate affair. I echo the sentiments of Bauman and Krabill in the first edition: May this ongoing work be to God’s glory, and to the blessing and upbulding of his Church in faithfulness to his calling and mission! Please send all suggestions for further entries or corrections to [email protected] . – Joseph F. Pfeiffer. October 2011 From the Introduction to the First Print Edition (Bauman/Krabill 2002) The Bibliography: Scope and Sources This bibliography includes resources on Anabaptist-Mennonite missions and missionaries and by Anabaptist-Mennonite authors on mission-related subjects. Book reviews which met these criteria or which appeared in Anabaptist-Mennonite mission periodicals (e.g. Mission Focus ) were also included. Any attempt to compile a document such as this inevitably raises many difficult definitional questions—What, exactly, should a bibliography of Anabaptist-Mennonite Missions include? The guiding principle of the project has been inclusion; however, several types of resources were not included. Articles appearing in denominational papers (e.g. The Mennonite ), mission board publications (e.g. Missions Now ) or more popular religious periodicals (e.g. Christianity Today ) were excluded, as were videos, slide shows and other non-text-based materials. We have attempted to create a balanced, accurate, and comprehensive document. And this bibliography is significantly more geographically and denominationally inclusive than previous efforts. However, it is still incomplete. Without doubt there are many more references which could have been included, particularly references emerging from areas outside North America. Hopefully future updates of the bibliography can increase its quality in this and other ways. This bibliography expands the “Bibliography of Mennonite Missions,” compiled by Merlin Becker-Hoover and published by Mission Focus in 1984 (vol. 12, no. 4, pgs. 49-68). To the approximately 900 entries in the 1984 Mission Focus bibliography have been added entries from the following bibliographies: Friesen, J. Stanley and Delores H. Friesen 2000 "Anthropology, Anabaptists and Mission," MFAR 8: 55-62. Hoekema, Alle G. 1992 "Doopsgezinde zending 1940-heden: een bibliografisch overzicht," Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 18: 123-40. [Though this bibliography includes a somewhat broader range of materials than our own we have included it in its entirety.] Krabill, James R. and Allan Yoder, eds. 1993 The Urban Mission--A Cloud of Anabaptist Witnesses: An Overview and Bibliography (Elkhart: MBM). Additional entries were culled from lists generously submitted by dozens of missionaries and mission scholars, the ATLA Religion Indexes One periodicals database and the online library catalogs of Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (Fresno), Eastern Mennonite University, Messiah College, Bluffton College, Goshen College, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Bethel (Kansas) College, Conrad Grebel College, Fuller Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Yale University. While we could not have built our bibliography without these resources, we have also inherited any errors they may have contained (and no doubt introduced a few of our own). Organization The bibliography is organized alphabetically, by the author’s last name. Edited works are listed after authored works. Articles published anonymously or by an unnamed group of authors are listed at the very beginning of the bibliography. Reference Styles The bibliography follows the Turabian bibliographical style, and all pertinent bibliographical details available have been included. Occasionally the bibliography includes more information than is prescribed by Turabian. For instance, journal article entries include volume, number and date information where available, whereas Turabian suggests that either the number or the date be provided. Unfortunately there are several references for which complete information was unprocurable. This was particularly true for articles in more obscure journals or works published in countries where fewer bibliographic details are generally given. In several instances this bibliography departs from Turabian’s standard. The most noticeable modification is that the publication year has been placed on the left margin in order to make the bibliography more readable. And though Turabian references magazine and journal entries differently, in this bibliography both are given in the journal form, as follows: Last Name, First Name Year "Title of Article," Journal/Magazine vol., no. (date): pages. For unpublished documents, “unpublished document” has been appended to the title for the sake of clarity, such as in the following entry: Loehrenz, John H. 1950 "Daniel F. Bergthold: A Missionary Scholar."