A sequel to the first Sound in the Land conference and essay collection, this book re-evaluates the meaning of "Mennonite music" in the context of today's global church. Representing a broad range of disciplinary approaches and personal perspectives, these essays challenge readers to consider how Mennonite music-making is enriched by an interplay of historical circumstances, various traditions, and cross-cultural experiences.

That certain rhetorical and theological features of the New Testament can be read as endorsing or fomenting violence is undeniable; that this is how they ought to be read is quite another matter. In this crystal-clear and profoundly responsible analysis, Tom Yoder Neufeld shows how the New Testament writers speak realistically of and to the violence that pervades the human experience while simultaneously declaring God's definitive conquest of violence through the death and resurrection of Christ. In setting forth this paradoxical and subversive truth, Yoder Neufeld exemplifies what it means to be a wise reader of scripture today. --Christopher Marshall, Victoria University of Wellington

FROM PANDORA PRESS

From 1930 until 1942 the Rahn family experienced and recorded the events in their village during the period of dekulakization and collectivization. These are not the letters of exceptional individuals but merely of people desperately trying to survive and even seeking, usually under duress, to contribute to the new system through their work and energy. Editor Peter Rahn’s lucid commentary on the letters and the history of dekulakization provides us with a comprehensive portrait of one family during a significant time in Mennonite history.