Text Reader Series

The Institute of Mennonite Studies Text Reader Series seeks to make available resources that have promise for seminary classroom use. Priority is given to publishing materials with an orientation toward or relevance for Anabaptist-Mennonite theological tradition.

More information about the books in this series, including annotations, author-editor information and where to purchase copies, is available in the IMS Book Catalog.

Books in the series

No. 9: Mennonite Perspectives on Pastoral Counseling
by Daniel S. Schipani
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No. 8: Education for Peoplehood: Essays on the Teaching Ministry of the Church
by Ross T. Bender
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No. 7: Theology for the Church: Writings by Marlin E. Miller
edited by Richard A. Kauffman and Gayle Gerber Koontz
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No. 6: Understanding Ministerial Leadership: Essays Contributing to a Developing Theology of Ministry
edited by John A. Esau; online version here
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No. 5: Essays in Anabaptist Theology
edited by H. Wayne Pipkin


No. 4: So Wide a Sea: Essays on Biblical and Systematic Theology
edited by Ben C. Ollenburger
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No. 3: Monotheism, Power, Justice: Collected Old Testament Essays
by Millard C. Lind


No. 2: One Lord, One Church, One Hope and One God: Mennonite Confessions of Faith
edited by Howard John Loewen
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No. 1: Essays on Biblical Interpretation: Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspectives
edited by Willard M. Swartley