Blog Profiles: Leaving Muenster
Leaving Muenster is the blog of Graham Old, who is one of a growing number of British Christians rediscovering the Anabaptist movement. Muenster was, of course, the site in Holland of the worst perversion of the Anabaptist vision–an attempt at theocracy. In the aftermath of that disaster, a former Catholic priest named Menno Simons renewed the Dutch and South German Anabaptists and brought them in line with the pacifism of their spiritual kin, the Swiss Brethren, and the Hutterites of Moravia. Graham, believing as I do that Christianity was never meant to be allied with empire, never to have a military presence or run nations, tries to articulate the ancient Anabaptist vision in a postmodern context. His site is well worth checking out.
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Michael L. Westmoreland-White, Ph.D. I live in Louisville, KY USA with my wife, Kate, and our two wonderful daughters. My wife, Kate, is a Baptist minister who works at a Catholic charity (the Society of St. Vincent de Paul) to provide assisted housing to homeless people. Our daughters are Molly (’95) and Miriam (’99). I am a former soldier converted to gospel nonviolence and a once (and future?) academic theologian turned peace activist, author, and peace educator. Contact me at [email protected]
The Levellers were a 17th C. movement during the English Civil War. They were a religiously-inspired political movement for democracy, human rights, justice for the poor, and peace. Their strongest leader was Richard Overton, a pacifist General Baptist influenced by Dutch Mennonites. Although I write on a wide range of topics, most often this blog deals with the intersection of faith, especially Christian faith, and work for social justice and peace. So, I have named the blog and dedicated it to the spirit of Richard Overton and the 17th C. Levellers.
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