EMU Bible & Religion Dept.

You are invited to participate in a Scripture read-a-thon.

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, MennoMedia has commissioned a new English study Bible. To celebrate its release, MennoMedia and Mennonite World Conference are collaborating on a three-day video stream of Bible reading on YouTube.

https://mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/read-bible-around-world

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“There’s something in the water among Mennonite theologians and peace building scholars and practitioners…around the decolonial project that people are drinking from now that is interesting and quite good,” says Andrew Suderman.
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“Hay algo en el estanque de los teólogos menonitas, académicos y practicantes de la construcción de paz en torno al proyecto descolonización, de la cual las personas están bebiendo ahora, lo cual que es interesante y bastante bueno...” expresa Andrew Suderman.
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« Il y a quelque chose dans l’air ambiant parmi les théologiens mennonites, les spécialistes de la construction de la paix et les praticiens autour du projet décolonial ..., qui est à la fois intéressant et très bon » , dit Andrew Suderman.

Photo: Henk Stenvers

https://mwc-cmm.org/en/stories/third-peace-conference-brings-faith-and-peace-together

An article by our own Dr. Andrew G. Suderman!

How do Mennonites think about peace? | Anabaptist World Anabaptist World invited me to reflect on this interesting, but rather daunting question: “How do Mennonites think about peace?” This is daunting because who am I – a white, cis-gendered, North American male – to respond to such a question? Clearly, I cannot offer an overarching, uniform def...

Friends,

Please consider yourselves invited!! It would be great to see you here for this event!

Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival
June 15-18, 2023 at Eastern Mennonite University
More information at https://emu.edu/bible/global-mennonite-peacebuilding-conference

Professor Nancy Heisey retires after 23 years at EMU and EMS - EMU News . When Professor Peter Dula shared memories of his colleague Nancy Heisey, he remarked about how, as president of Mennonite World Conference, she took time to lead the children of

Professor Andrew Suderman on 'Lessons learned from Tutu' - EMU News When the news of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s death was announced the day after Christmas 2021 Eastern Mennonite Seminary associate director Sarah Bixler reminded EMU News that the most recent

Anabaptist Witness - "Mission and Protest"
In the opening essay, Andrew Suderman defines protest movements as political challenges to unjust regimes; these regimes rely on policing to contain and crush protest and so maintain their grip on society. For Suderman, as for Harding, Christian discipleship entails joining Jesus’s defiance of domination, and so preparing to face—and protest—police power. Read Suderman's essay "The Significance of Protest: Disrupting the Status Quo" here: https://www.anabaptistwitness.org/

Reflections from one of our Bible, Religion, and Theology majors!
What a gift it is to have such students!

Sophomore shares advice for homeschoolers on the college search - EMU News Laurel Evans, a sophomore Yoder and Webb Scholar who was homeschooled, talks about deciding on EMU and making it home in The Homeschooler’s Guide to Colleges this fall. The Bible,

Friends,
Check out the latest issue of Anabaptist Witness entitled "Mission & Protest" which includes an article by our own Andrew Suderman!

Anabaptist Witness's last issue "Mission and Protest" is already available online!
Order a print copy or read it online at https://www.anabaptistwitness.org/

An opportunity to learn more...

Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Learn more about this movement of Anabaptist people of faith here: https://dofdmenno.org/

"The Doctrine of Discovery is enshrined in both church and state. It is a legal doctrine that is practiced in international law and policy, and well as the domestic legal systems of countries around the globe. The Doctrine of Discovery is also a Christian doctrine dating to the 15th century. It is still practiced by Christian traditions around the globe, systematically dispossessing Indigenous Peoples of their ancestral lands and human rights. We believe that it is now the church’s responsibility to undo the Doctrine of Discovery in the name of Christ."

Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery, a movement of Anabaptist people of faith, is offering a reparative justice resource, “Stories of Repair.” The 86-page downloadable document contains stories and theological reflections, including a discussion on race, white supremacy and reparations, between MC USA’s Sue Park Hur and MCC’s Erica Littlewolf from the Northern Cheyenne: https://dofdmenno.org/stories-of-repair/