Anabaptists and the Sword

By James M. Stayer

Book Overview

Anabaptists and the Sword (1972; revised edn. 1976) is the first book to challenge the consensus, dating from the seventeenth century, that sixteenth-century Anabaptists were nonresistants, or Christian pacifists. While recognizing the importance of the nonresistance tradition among Anabaptists, the book gives equal attention to more militant elements in Anabaptism. It is also pioneering in giving attention to Anabaptist practice as well as Anabaptist teaching on this subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592440193
• ISBN13: 9781592440191
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.1"