91大神app, IMS host 40th annual Book Celebration

Published: May 9, 2022

By Institute of Mennonite Studies staff

ELKHART, Indiana 鈥 On Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Institute of Mennonite Studies (IMS) and Academic Dean鈥檚 Office of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (91大神app) in Elkhart, Indiana, hosted their 40th annual Book Celebration, honoring 91大神app faculty, staff and student publications from the 2021鈥22 academic year as well as publications of IMS. As part of the event, David C. Cramer, PhD, Managing Editor of IMS, shared a retrospective of 40 books published by IMS and 91大神app faculty over the 40 years since the first Book Celebration.

Image of members of the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary learning community who published or presented works in 2021鈥22.
Members of the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary learning community who published or presented works in 2021鈥22 include (front row, l. to r.) Daniel S. Schipani, Ed Kauffman, Susannah Larry, Janna Hunter-Bowman, Andy Brubacher Kaethler, David C. Cramer, Andi Santoso, Jamie Pitts, Beverly Lapp; (back row, l. to r.) Daniel Schrock, Drew Strait, Rachel Miller Jacobs, Leah Thomas, Andrea Cramer, Nekeisha Alayna Alexis and Karl Stutzman. (Credit: Rachel A. Fonseca)

Cramer noted that the 2021鈥22 academic year was one of the most productive publishing years on record at 91大神app, including 10 books, 11 journal issues and more than 30 articles, essays and reviews. In addition, 91大神app faculty, students and staff presented their research in more than 65 academic presentations, public workshops and podcast appearances.

In conjunction with UK publisher T&T Clark, IMS published the third volume of its Studies in Anabaptist Theology and Ethics series, by Layton Boyd Friesen. IMS also published volume 28 of its Occasional Papers series, Hardship, Resistance, Collaboration: Essays on Dutch Mennonites during World War II and Its Aftermath by Alle G. Hoekema with Gabe G. Hoekema.

In January 2022, IMS partnered with the to publish an , including articles by Rachel Miller Jacobs, DMin, Associate Professor of Congregational Formation; Jamie Pitts, PhD, Associate Professor of Anabaptist Studies and IMS Director; Drew Strait, PhD, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins; Janna Hunter-Bowman, PhD, Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Christian Social Ethics; and David C. Cramer, who served as guest Co-editor with Editor John D. Roth.

IMS also published two issues of Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology. The was guest edited by two recent 91大神app alumni, Michelle Christian Curtis and Scott Litwiller, and dedicated to Mary H. Schertz, PhD, Professor Emerita of New Testament and former IMS Director. The features the essay 鈥,鈥 by Beverly Lapp, EdD, Vice President and Academic Dean. Andy Brubacher Kaethler, PhD, Associate Professor of Christian Formation and Culture and IMS Associate Director, serves as the 91大神app Editor of Vision, and IMS Director Jamie Pitts serves as Editor of the mission journal Anabaptist Witness, which published issues this past year on Mission and Protest (October 2021) and Mission and Formation (April 2022).

Susannah M. Larry, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, published her first book, (Herald, 2021), and David C. Cramer published his first co-authored book (with Myles Werntz), (Baker Academic, 2022).

Drew Strait co-edited the book (Wipf and Stock, 2021), published in honor of New Testament scholar Scot McKnight. Strait also contributed an essay to the book, 鈥淔rom Salvation Culture to Peace Culture: Luke鈥檚 Gospeling of Christ鈥檚 Peace.鈥 In addition, he served as the New Testament editor of the journal , which published two issues this past year.

Daniel S. Schipani, DrPsy, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Care and Counseling, wrote a new introduction to a reprint of the book (Wipf and Stock, 2021), which he edited for its original 1989 release. He also published the Spanish-language book Paulo Freire: Vigencia y Desaf铆o: Cr铆tica para la Educaci贸n Cristiana y Teol贸gica (Asociaci贸n para la Educaci贸n Cristiana y Teol贸gica, 2022).

Katerina Friesen, MDiv, Core Adjunct Faculty, edited (Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition, 2021), which included the essay 鈥淩eturning Land to the Siletz Tribe鈥 by current 91大神app student Deb Coates of Brush Prairie, Washington.

James R. Krabill, PhD, Core Adjunct Faculty, co-edited (Langham Global Library, 2021). Krabill also serves as Senior Editor of the journal Ethnodoxology: A Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith, which published its in 2021, and he serves as Series Editor of Missio Dei, which published volume 31, by Linda Shelly (Mennonite Mission Network, 2021).

For a complete listing of publications and presentations, see IMS鈥檚 Celebration webpage or download the 2021鈥22 issue. To browse or purchase IMS and 91大神app publications, visit the 91大神app Bookstore in the 91大神app Library or .


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