Ted Grimsrud

In lively and accessible style, Ted Grimsrud portrays God's persevering love as the heart of the Bible's message and challenges Christians to let that love shape their lives today.

The Anabaptist tradition, originating as part of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, has from its beginning presented an alternative approach to Christian faith. Jesus-centered Anabaptist convictions such as pacifism, simple living, and community remain of vital concern for twenty-first-century Christians. Embodying the Way of Jesus: Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century traces the origins and historical expressions of Anabaptist faith and then suggests ways Anabaptist convictions speak to our contemporary world. Ted Grimsrud proposes a fourfold approach to interpreting Anabaptist theology, considering themes from the Bible, from the tradition's history, from present experience, and from envisioning a hopeful future. What emerges is an engaging portrait of a living tradition that speaks with urgency and relevance to a world badly in need of a message of peace. Ted Grimsrud is Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church USA. His most recent book is Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice, and the Domination System (2006).

Walter Wink's widely acclaimed trilogy from Fortress Press - "Naming the Powers" 0-8006-1786-X (1984), "Unmasking the Powers" 0-8006-1902-1 (1993), and "Engaging the Powers" 0-8006-2646-X (1992) - has sold over 80,000 copies. The Powers are good; the Powers are fallen; the Powers must be redeemed, says Wink; and the illustrious theologians and ethicists in this volume apply this suggestive analysis to economics, politics and government, war and peace, personal ethics and ecological and social justice. The contributors include: Ray Gingerich, Eastern Mennonite University; Ted Grimsrud, Eastern Mennonite University; Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary; Daniel Liechty, Illinois State University; Walter Wink, Auburn Theological Seminary; Willard M. Swartley, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary; and, Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary.