Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.
SNOWDEN LECTURE
"Globalizing a Separate People: World Christianity and North American Mennonites"
Steven M. Nolt
Drawing on his work on the Global Mennonite History Project, Nolt will explore how Mennonites and, increasingly, historians of Christianity have begun to think in global terms. He will not only focus on how North American Christians have impacted other parts of the world via traditional mission work, but also on how the wider world and wider Christian community has shaped North American Christianity.The Mennonite story is distinctive in that it was Mennonite separatism, especially in terms of non-participation in the U.S. military, which set the stage for these global interactions.
Steve Nolt is professor of history at Goshen College in Indiana, where he has taught since 1999. Nolt has written extensively on Amish and Mennonite topics; he is the author or co-author of nine books and numerous chapters and journal articles. Nolt holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Martyrs Mirror Conference
"Martyrs Mirror: Reflections Across Time" will be held at the Young Center June 8-10, 2010. Next year marks the 350th anniversary of the first Dutch edition of Thieleman van Braght’s Martyrs Mirror. The conference will focus on, but will not be limited to, the German translation of Martyrs Mirror printed at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in 1748.
The Young Center is soliciting proposals for papers on topics related to Martyrs Mirror, especially those related to its German translation and use in Pennsylvania. The Center also invites papers on the book as artifact.
Proposals may include topics related to theology, history and social context, and women in Martyrs Mirror or other related topics.
Proposals should be 300 words in length. Mail them to Jeff Bach, Director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, One Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 or e-mail them to bachj@etown.edu. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010. For additional information, contact Bach at 717-361-1467.
