Through Fire & Water: An Overview of Mennonite History / Out of Print

Loewen, Harry; Nolt, Steven M.; Duerksen, Carol; Yoder, Elwood

ISBN 10: 0836190157 / ISBN 13: 9780836190151

Published by Herald Pr, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Through Fire & Water: An Overview of Mennonite History / Out of Print
• Publisher: Herald Pr
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0836190157
• ISBN 13: 9780836190151
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Relates the history of the Anabaptist and Mennonite sects from their beginnings in the sixteenth century to the present

About the Author

Steven M. Nolt is professor history at Goshen (Ind.) College. He is the author or coauthor of eight other books, including Mennonites, Amish and the American Civil War (2007) and A History of the Amish (2003). He is also a coauthor of the forthcoming North America volume in the Global Mennonite History Project.
Harry Loewen was the first chair in Mennonite studies at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba. He is the author or editor of 12 other books. Harry was also the founding editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies.
A member of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Harry grew up in Soviet Ukraine and escaped in the aftermath of World War II. You can read part of his story in chapter 43 of his book No Permanent City (Herald Press, 1993). In chapter 13 of this book, he is the six-year-old boy whose father was arrested and killed by the Soviets.