Journal

This issue marks the journal’s return with a renewed commitment to uniting Anabaptist scholarship and practice in response to contemporary challenges. It brings together theological reflection, peace‑church collaboration, migration stories, and spiritual practices that illuminate Anabaptist life today.

This issue explores gender aware critiques of foot washing, proposals for a richer Anabaptist sacramental imagination, and a biblical reassessment of the state. It also offers reflections on eucharistic practice, fragile discipleship, the ‘After Christendom’ series, and a range of recent Anabaptist related publications.

This issue brings together responses to the article on ‘Misremembering God’ in the previous issue, fresh research on Amish identity, and explorations of Anabaptism’s dialogue with anarchism. It also includes a Covid-19 reflection and a set of timely book reviews.

From a misremembered God to forgotten confessions, this issue traces how Anabaptist imagination is stretched, challenged, and renewed. Voices old and new converge – Quaker mystics, Amish craftsmen, ecological poets, and sharp eyed theologians – each probing what faithful witness might look like today.

Alan Kreider, a prominent Mennonite, died on 8 May 2017. Alan’s influence on the Anabaptist Network cannot be overstated and it is fitting, therefore, that this inaugural issue should be dedicated to honouring his memory.