James Stayer argues that Anabaptist community of goods continued the popular radicalism of the early Reformation and the Peasants' War of 1525. During the German Reformation hundreds of thousands of commoners were mobilized by the hope that established clerical and aristocratic order could be replaced by justice and equity based on the divine law of the Bible. After the defeat of the commoners in the Peasants' War, some of the most ardent adherents of social and religious reform attempted to achieve these same aspirations by trying to implement the apostolic model of Acts 2 and 4 through the Anabaptists. Thus, as Stayer reveals, the Peasants' War was an essential formative experience for many of the original leaders of Anabaptism.
Clemens Ziegler
The Reformation--Luther, the Anabaptists
Study Guide for Cup & Cross: Designed for Use in Churches and Bible Schools
This study guide for use with Cup and Cross teaches Anabaptist history. This thirty lesson version is intended for use in Christian schools.
A booklet of tests for use with the Cup and Cross Study Guide.
This teacher's manual is a copy of the Study Guide and Tests with the answers filled in.
Copa y cruz
Study Guide for Cup & Cross: Designed for Use in Churches and Bible Schools
Theology is re-imagined as a conversation about human nature and emergent images of the divine. In this volume, the arts are re-framed as an examination of conflict, catharsis, and justice.
The Reformers and Their Stepchildren