Reading the Bible After Christendom

This is the title of my book in the After Christendom series.

If you have anything to say about this subject please head over to the Post Christendom website and add your comments to the discussion board there.

Non-Violent Discipleship: The Challenge of the Anabaptists

This is the title of a new undergraduate course that I am teaching at the University of Bristol this term. I have had some valuable input from Stuart Murray, Alan Kreider and Willard Swartley. Here are the contents of this ten week course:

Week 1	Introduction to 16th century Anabaptists and modern Anabaptist expressions including spirituality and worship
Week 2	The Context: An analysis of the political, socio-economic and religious contexts in which Anabaptism emerged and an investigation into why voluntary, believers’ baptism was considered a capital offence against the state
Week 3	Shalom: An exploration of Anabaptist understandings of peace and radical non-violence
Week 4	Community: Anabaptist ecclesiology and the significance of church discipline
Week 5	The Bible: Anabaptist biblical interpretation
Week 6	Economics: Anabaptist approaches to the community of goods
Week 7	The Sword and the Oath: Anabaptist perspectives on political engagement
Week 8	Eschatology: Lessons from Münster
Week 9	John Howard Yoder: An introduction to his writings
Week 10	Thomas N. Finger: An Anabaptist systematic theologian