{"product_id":"peter-riedemanns-hutterite-confession-of-faith-9780874862720","title":"Peter Riedemann's Hutterite Confession of Faith","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe biblical foundations of a Christian communal movement that has stood the test of five centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile in prison from 1540 to 1542, Riedemann \u003c\/b\u003ewrote to the Lutheran ruler, Philip of Hesse, explaining the Hutterite goal of a renewed community and dispelling popular misconceptions. The Hutterites quickly accepted Riedemann’s confession as their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiedemann creatively weaves together \u003c\/b\u003ea fresh reading of the Bible with the classical creeds, producing a powerful synthesis of Scripture and tradition on which to base Christian community. His dynamic vision of radical and communal discipleship still challenges believers toward greater faithfulness to the Lord and to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiedemann’s confession gives theological grounding \u003c\/b\u003efor the Hutterite understanding of economic communalism and offers practical examples of it. This confession continues to guide Hutterite communities today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume includes \u003c\/b\u003ean English translation of the 1565 German edition of \u003ci\u003eConfession of Our Religion, Teaching, and Faith, by the Brothers Who Are Known as the Hutterites \u003c\/i\u003ealong with a new history of Riedemann. It is the ninth volume in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of Mennonite Studies.","brand":"Peter Riedemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960702210166,"sku":"9780874862720","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_f22e54ee-4344-4b79-854a-5da73d729cb4.jpg?v=1767810615","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/peter-riedemanns-hutterite-confession-of-faith-9780874862720","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}