Gerald Biesecker-Mast, Bluffton, Ohio, is Associate Professor of Communication at Bluffton University and the author of numerous published essays dealing with religion and persuasion. He is co-editor with Susan Biesecker-Mast of Anabaptists and Postmodernity (2000), and with J. Denny Weaver of Teaching Peace: Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts (2003). Biesecker-Mast is a graduate of Malone College, Canton, Ohio, and received his Ph.D. in rhetoric and communication from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995.

Foreword by John D. Roth

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Series Preface

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Series Editor's Foreword

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Author's Preface

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Introduction

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1 The Anabaptist Vision and Polygenesis Historiography

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Historical Interpretation and the Voice of Michael Sattler

Polygenesis and the Emergence of Anabaptism-in-General

Separation and Dependence in The Anabaptist Vision

The End of Polygenesis and the Return of The Bloody Theater

2 Luther's Reformation and Müntzer's Revolution

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Anabaptism and the Gemeindereformation

The Lutheran Reformation and its Two Kingdoms

The Peasants' Revolt and the Destruction of the Godless

Erasmus and the Philosophy of Christ

Zwingli and the Zurich Radicals

3 The Schleitheim Brotherly Union and Swiss Brethren Separation

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Quietism or Struggle?

Separation and the Sword in the Schleitheim Brotherly Union

Authority and its Limits in the Answers of Ambrosius Spitelmaier

Ceremonies and Powers in Denck's Concerning True Love

Worldliness and Responsibility in Hubmaier's On the Sword

Covenant and Dispensation in Adler's Judgment on the Sword

Patience and Property in Marpeck's The Uncovering of the Babylonian Whore

4 Peter Riedemann's Account and Hutterian Communalism

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Separation and Community of Goods

Orthodoxy and Separation in Riedemann's Account

Governance and Damnation in Glock's Epistles

Mission and Election in Dax's Confession of Faith

Apologetics and Antagonism in Walpot's Five Articles

5 The Münster Apocalypse and Melchiorite Survival

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Melchior Hoffman, Bernard Rothmann and the Anabaptist Kingdom at Münster

Suffering and Solidarity in Anna Janz's Testament

Magistrates and Victims in Menno's Reply to False Accusations

Transcendence and Transformation in Dirk Philips' The Congregation of God

6 The Dordrecht Confession and Mennonite Harmlessness

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Unity and Division in Dutch Anabaptism

Peace and Harmlessness in the Dordrecht Confession

Swiss Brethren Separation and the 1693 Amish Division

The War of the Lambs and Cornelis Ris's Confession

Conclusion

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Appendix One: The Schleitheim Brotherly Union: Articles IV and VI

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Appendix Two: Peter Riedemann's Account of our Religion, Teaching, and Faith: "Separation from the World" "Government," and "Warfare"

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Appendix Three: Dordrecht Confession and Peace Agreement: Articles XIII and XIV

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Notes

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Bibliography

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The Index

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The Author

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