Scheduled for publication in July 2010, The Naked Anabaptist by Stuart Murray is a straightforward introduction to the Anabaptist tradition. Why are so many people today in Britain and Ireland intrigued by Anabaptism? What are the core convictions of the Anabaptist tradition? Who were the original Anabaptists?
Lloyd Pietersen's new book - the sixth in the 'After Christendom' series - Reading the Bible after Christendom will be published in 2010. Lloyd is delighted that well-respected Old Testament scholar, Walter Brueggemann, has written a foreword, commending this book very warmly. Here is an extract from the foreword:
Shalom is the Bible’s word for peace. Shalom is the hope of the prophets: enemies reconciled, injustices righted, hurts healed, fears calmed and communities prospering. God’s mission is to bring the whole of creation into harmony; peace with God, peace between the nations, peace with the created order. Followers of Jesus are invited to work with God in this peace-making mission to be ‘shalom activists’.
For those who are not persuaded that 'Back to Church Sunday' has much of a future in post-Christendom, here's a different strategy I've just come across.
The Manchester Anabaptist Group plans to meet monthly, mostly on the third Monday of the month. These are the dates for the coming year. We meet at the Friends Meeting House, 91 Station Road, Cheadle Hulme, at 7.30pm.
21 September
19 October
16 November
14 December
2010
18 January
15 February
15 March
19 April
17 May
21 June
19 July
