ANABAPTISM. Anabaptist comes from the Greek word meaning "rebaptizer." It was never used by the Anabaptists, for whom baptism signified the external witness of an inner faith covenant of the believer with God through Jesus Christ. Baptism...

Anabaptists (Greek ανα (again) +βαπτιζω (baptize), thus, "re-baptizers"[1]) are Christians of the Radical Reformation. Various groups at various times have been called Anabaptist, but the term is most commonly used to refer to the Anabaptists...

Liz Hess's painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the informed observer who will understand the darker significance of the Trachselwald Castle at...

Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition. Edited by Benjamin W. Redekop and Calvin W. Redekop. [Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. ] (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2001. Pp. xvi, 246. $39.95.) "Once we acknowledge the ubiquity of power and the myriad ways...

The grocer, the butcher, a cabinet maker and several other members of the town's Mennonite community are planning to move to Arkansas over a Missouri requirement that all drivers be photographed if they want a license.The Mennonites _ a plain-living sect whose members are similar...

A year ago, this sleepy farm community was barely a blip on the map. But all that changed Oct. 2, 2006, when a gunman entered a one-room Amish schoolhouse and killed five girls and wounded five others.Though grateful for all the help and sympathy it...