Donald Kraybill can breathe a parental-like sigh of relief. His "Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites" is fully grown now and making its way in the world. The book ...

Von Gunten says the idea to put the spotlight on Anabaptist history was hatched in 2003 during a series of events in the Emmental region to mark the 350th anniversary of the failed uprising known as ...

Liz Hess' painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the ...

In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and Catholics were ...

Not so fast my neo-Anabaptist brothers (and sisters?). It seems like a brief and short response to the prevalent myth running in neo-Anabaptist circles, in regards to the problem of white homogeneity ...

(UNDATED) In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and ...

How the Anabaptist emphasis on practical acts of love led a tightly knit enclave to reach out to the world. A woodcut in the 17th-century Anabaptist Martyrs Mirror shows Dirk Willems, an early Dutch ...

Modern-day Münster with St. Lambert's church in the background. Photo: DPA While many people might know of Münster as a wealthy uni town or the country's bike capital, few know that it belongs to a ...

Although the Anabaptists have valued humility and privacy highly, they have attracted a lot of attention from curious tourists and serious students alike. In whichever category you may fall, you will ...