#12 - Jörg Maler's Kunstbuch: Writings of the Pilgram Marpeck Circle
PART OF SERIES Classics of the Radical Reformation Series
ed. Jörg Maler; John D. Rempel
2010, 755 pp
CommonWord is shocked and saddened by John Rempel's ministerial sexual misconduct, which came to our attention on October 20, 2020. We unreservedly condemn his actions, and stand in solidarity with all victims of sexual violence.
We have determined to remove John's books from our shelves. We do so to signal our condemnation of his actions; to acknowledge the raw wounds that his choices open in the lives of victims of sexual violence; and our need for patient, ongoing reflection in life situations imbued with dissonant complexity. We view this choice as a necessary, provisional time of lament as we acknowledge this brokenness.
Scholars have been fascinated by Pilgram Marpeck and his circle since the rediscovery of the long-lost legacy of their writings, and that interest has not abated. This volume offers another part of that legacy to English-speaking readers, not only scholars, but also inquiring general readers who might find theological insight and spiritual depth in the conviction and diversity of the authors who make up this anthology. It is a remarkable amalgam of pastoral letters, meditations, tracts, and poems.
The didactic poems, passionate meditations, pastoral letters, and searing confessions that are part of the Kunstbuch open a door into the intimate life of a now lost community. Maler's collection is like an album of photographs taken over a period of thirty years, documenting the life of a family and its friends. In rare detail it records the existence of one kind of Anabaptism, preserving for posterity the personalities and issues, the brilliance and the tragedy that made it what it was.
The writing and compiling of the Kunstbuch arose from impassioned attempts to be the body of Christ faithfully and to trust God utterly in the midst of terrifying insecurity. In their faithfulness and trust, Marpeck's people are a cloud of witnesses who have a claim on us today.
We have determined to remove John's books from our shelves. We do so to signal our condemnation of his actions; to acknowledge the raw wounds that his choices open in the lives of victims of sexual violence; and our need for patient, ongoing reflection in life situations imbued with dissonant complexity. We view this choice as a necessary, provisional time of lament as we acknowledge this brokenness.
Scholars have been fascinated by Pilgram Marpeck and his circle since the rediscovery of the long-lost legacy of their writings, and that interest has not abated. This volume offers another part of that legacy to English-speaking readers, not only scholars, but also inquiring general readers who might find theological insight and spiritual depth in the conviction and diversity of the authors who make up this anthology. It is a remarkable amalgam of pastoral letters, meditations, tracts, and poems.
The didactic poems, passionate meditations, pastoral letters, and searing confessions that are part of the Kunstbuch open a door into the intimate life of a now lost community. Maler's collection is like an album of photographs taken over a period of thirty years, documenting the life of a family and its friends. In rare detail it records the existence of one kind of Anabaptism, preserving for posterity the personalities and issues, the brilliance and the tragedy that made it what it was.
The writing and compiling of the Kunstbuch arose from impassioned attempts to be the body of Christ faithfully and to trust God utterly in the midst of terrifying insecurity. In their faithfulness and trust, Marpeck's people are a cloud of witnesses who have a claim on us today.
“The efforts of Marpeck and his colleagues to offer a mediating, nuanced and balanced alternative to the legalistic and spiritualistic ends of the Anabaptist movement did not enable those who followed their counsel to persist. But the rediscovery of Marpeck, his colleagues, and their extensive literary and theological legacy offers a glimpse of another kind of Anabaptism that many today find appealing. This huge volume fills out for an English readership what is already available of that legacy. We owe to the editor and his team of translators a debt of gratitude.”—Stuart Murray Williams
| Type | |
| Genre | Academic Theory/Thesis |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Pandora Press |
| ISBN | 9781926599106 |
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