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[Institute of Mennonite Studies @MennoStudies]

Need something to keep your mind off today's happenings? How about reading Andrea Cramer's article "The work of welcome in the wake of war: The story of Neighbor to Neighbor" in the latest issue of Vision?

https://t.co/wGWDWdo3Vy

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The spring 2025 issue of VISION on war and peace is now live, featuring articles by @Jonnyrashid, @Jannahunterbow1, and many more, including prayers for peace by @carol_penner! Read for free here:

https://t.co/68YkAx5lXe

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In her article "Job and disability theology," assistant professor of pastoral care at @AMBS_seminary Leah Thomas the book of Job through the lens of René Girard's scapegoat theory and disability theology. Read it here!

https://t.co/7VxKMzABNP

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In his article "Disability contra Docetism," @danremps writes that "there is something about the focus on the disabled Christ that leads us to reject the allure of Docetism and move toward a more faithful Nachfolge of God incarnate." Read more here:

https://t.co/n8UK35Mt8Y

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In her editorial, Jackie Wyse-Rhodes writes: "This issue of Vision serves as a tribute to the profound way Nancy Eiesland's life and work inaugurated—and continues to enliven—theologies that center disabled people." Read more here:

https://t.co/RoLPZteBu6

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The fall 2024 issue of Vision on disability, edited by Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, is now available *for free* online. Check it out at this link!

https://t.co/JOT0Fubdf6

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IMS's new addition of Mennonite Peace Theology: A Panorama of Types is now available for purchase! This includes an analysis of 10 types of pacifism, plus a new preface by Alain Epp Weaver, and a new type and afterword by theologian Malinda Berry!

https://t.co/Ho3doGvsmK

[Drew Strait @DrewStrait]

I’m excited to see this out in the world in less than a month.

I’ll share much more in the coming weeks! 😀

#ChristianNationalism

[Anabaptist World @AnabaptistWorld]

Mennonite Church Canada is launching an urgent relief appeal for the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia. MKC leaders and adherents have lost their lives in the crossfire of a tribal conflict that began in the western region of Ethiopia in 2018.

https://t.co/2ylsKmlqft

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In "Five hundred years of Anabaptism and colonization," Executive Director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery Sarah Augustine (@sarahaugustine0) calls Mennonites to reckon with their history with Indigenous people. Read here:

https://t.co/o1RUm35Kip

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In his article "Anabaptism in Ethiopia: Six markers of the Meserete Kristos Church," @AMBS_seminary's global leadership collaborative specialist Henok Mekonin introduces Vision readers to the MKC and its six core practices. Read for free here:

https://t.co/3KxUZhYHSc

[Josiah Hawthorne @JosiahHawthorne]

"White Anabaptists are known to offer vital and powerful anti-Christendom critiques, but for centuries this has not traditionally included a critique of white supremacy and colonial conquest."

[Dru @DruHart]

Let me just drop this here and steal away slowly...

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Susanne Guenther Loewen's latest essay for Vision, "Martyrdom and double tellings: Remembering resistance and trauma," is now available for free online at this link! In the essay, Loewen reads martyr stories through the lens of trauma theology.

https://t.co/BE3ZEBsNE3

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In his essay "Anabaptist reparations after 500 years: Mennonites and the Doctrine of Discovery," Drew G. I. Hart (@DruHart) calls Anabaptists to reckoning with their history for their 500th anniversary.

Read the entire article for free here: https://t.co/q8dt15UJ5Z

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In our latest issue of Vision, Hans Werner of the University of Winnipeg helps Mennonites navigate our history with Jews in his article, "Anabaptism and Jews: Collective memory and failure." Read the article for free here:
https://t.co/yIT12X65zo

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We're excited for the release of the latest volume in our Classics of the Radical Reformation (CRR) series, now published by our friends at Plough (@PloughBooks)!

[Jamie Pitts @jmsptts]

First look at the new translation of Jakob Hutter's writings! Out June 2024 from @PloughBooks.

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IMS and @AMBS_seminary hosted Nick Martin (@lancnick) from @MennoniteAction for our Friday afternoon break. Nick shared about his upbringing as a Mennonite and how that compelled him toward activism, most recently for ceasefire in Gaza.

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We have an all-star line-up of authors—including @sarahaugustine0, @DruHart, @sjohnsonk, and many others—and compelling articles on martyrs, Mennonites and Jews, colonialization, reparations, the global Anabaptist church, and more!

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The spring 2024 issue of Vision, "Commemorating Anabaptism’s 500 years," edited by Karl Koop, is now available for free online!

https://t.co/etWh56hVr9