Contents
Minding the Church

Foreword by Richard T. Hughes 9
Preface and Acknowledgments 13
Introduction: Scholarship? In the Anabaptist Tradition? By David L.
Weaver-Zercher 17

Part I: The Humanities
1 The Notebook in My Back Pocket • 31
Jeff Gundy (Literature)

2 What Does Athens Have to Do with Zurich?
Reflections on Life as an Anabaptist Philosopher • 46
Caleb Miller (Philosophy)

3 Seeking the Rhetoric of Jesus • 59
Susan Biesecker-Mast (Rhetoric)

4 Anabaptist Visions at the Library of Congress
(and Other Tales from the Edge of Evangelicalism) • 72
Perry Bush (History)

5 Professing the Question • 87
David L. Mosley (Music)

Part II: The Social Sciences
6 Select Your Mother Carefully:
Reflections on a Sociological Journey • 99
Donald B. Kraybill (Sociology)

7 Anabaptism and Psychology: From Above and Below • 111
Alvin C. Dueck (Psychology)

8 The “Anabaptist School” of Economics:
Problems and Proposals • 126
James M. Harder (Economics)

9 Where’s the Political Science Department? • 140
Mark W. Charlton (Political Science)

10 Education as the Practice of Faith • 152
Polly Ann Brown (Education)

Part III: Biblical and Religious Studies
11 Anabaptists and the Old Testament:
Two Peas in Different Pods • 168
Terry L. Brensinger (Old Testament)

12 Keeping Faith:
New Testament Scholarship and the Church • 181
Mary H. Schertz (New Testament)

13 Naming Myself a Theological Scholar
in the Anabaptist Tradition • 193
Lydia Neufeld Harder (Theology)

14 The Academy Is No Friend of the Church
(But Does the Church Really Deserve a Friend?) • 208
J. E. McDermond (Christian Ministries)

Part IV: Responses and Conclusion
15 Minding the Scholars: A View from the Pew • 222
Harriet Sider Bicksler

16 Contours of the Christian Mind,
Anabaptist and Reformed • 235
David A. Hoekema

17 Conclusion: The Life of the Mind as a Life of Service • 250
Shirley Hershey Showalter

In Honor of E. Morris Sider 266
Index 268
Contributors 275

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