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Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology

 is published twice a year to encourage theological reflection on the identity, mission, and practices of the church from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.

The journal is published by the Institute of Mennonite Studies at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and by the Canadian Mennonite University  (Winnipeg, MB). The AMBS editor is Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, and the CMU editor is . IMS’s David Cramer serves as managing editor, and CMU’s  serves as advertising manager.

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Spring 2025:

Edited by Karl Koop

We live in a world where military conflicts seem to be intensifying. After the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, there was much optimism that the world had become a safer place, but since then wars have been on the rise—with an increasing number of soldiers and civilians dying and millions of people experiencing loss of home and necessities of life. In looking to the future, it seems that the best that we can hope for is to muddle through and try to avoid the worst of catastrophes.

Christians have frequently insisted that war is terrible and wrong but have often pointed out that it may be a necessary evil and that under certain conditions it is justifiable. Anabaptists, along with other peace churches, have countered, arguing that all of life is sacred, and, because of the incarnation, cross, and resurrection, war is always wrong. Christians must practice nonresistance and work actively toward building peace. The Christian life is about following Jesus, imitating Christ, living a life of discipleship, and holding firm to Jesus’s teachings and example—the one who called on his followers to not resist evil (Matthew 5:39).

Peace traditions have not always been clear about what a peace witness entails, and since the mid-twentieth century attitudes in some Mennonite circles have evolved. There has been a shift away from an ethic of quiet nonresistance toward an emphasis on engagement with the world and a commitment to active peacebuilding that includes resisting evil while maintaining an ethic of nonviolence.

In recent times, Mennonites have begun to deal with violence closer at hand and have sought to address issues related to racism, domestic violence, and sexual abuse in the context of work, school, church, and home. Considering these issues and the conversations that have ensued, the question arises: Do Mennonites have new insights about what it means to work for peace, both at home and abroad? A few of the articles in this issue begin to shed light on this question.

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Forthcoming issues

  • Apocalypse (Fall 2025). Edited by Jackie Wyse-Rhodes.

Back issues

  • 26:1 (Spring 2025)
  • 25:2 (Fall 2024)
  • 25:1 (Spring 2024)
  • 24:2 (Fall 2023)
  • 24:1 (Spring 2023)
  • 23:2 (Fall 2022)
  • 23:1 (Spring 2022)
  •  22:2 (Fall 2021)
  •  22:1 (Spring 2021)
  •  21:2 (Fall 2020)
  •  21:1 (Spring 2020)
  •  20:2 (Fall 2019)
  •  20:1 (Spring 2019)
  •  19:2 (Fall 2018)
  •  19:1 (Spring 2018)
  •  18:2 (Fall 2017)
  •  18:1 (Spring 2017)
  •  17:2 (Fall 2016)
  •  17:1 (Spring 2016)
  •  16:2 (Fall 2015)
  •  16:1 (Spring 2015)
  •  15:2 (Fall 2014)
  •  15:1 (Spring 2014) 
  •  14:2 (Fall 2013) 
  •  14:1 (Spring 2013)
  •  13:2 (Fall 2012)
  •  13:1 (Spring 2012) 
  •  12:2 (Fall 2011)
  •  12:1 (Spring 2011)
  •  11:2 (Fall 2010)
  •  11: 1 (Spring 2010)
  •  10:2 (Fall 2009)
  •  10:1 (Spring 2009)
  •  9:2 (Fall 2008)
  •  9:1 (Spring 2008)
  •  8:2 (Fall 2007)
  •  8:1 (Spring 2007)
  •  7:2 (Fall 2006)
  •  7:1 (Spring 2006)
  •  6:2 (Fall 2005)
  •  6:1 (Spring 2005)
  •  5:2 (Fall 2004)
  •  5:1 (Spring 2004)
  •  4:2 (Fall 2003)
  •  4:1 (Spring 2003)
  •  3:2 (Fall 2002)
  •  3:1 (Spring 2002)
  •  2:2 Fall 2001)
  •  2:1 (Spring 2001)
  •  1:1 (Fall 2000)

Vision editorial council

Sarah Kathleen Johnson (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)
Jonny Rashid (MC USA pastor)
Rachel Ringenberg Miller (Mennonite Church USA)
Sheila Klassen-Wiebe (CMU faculty)
Allan Rudy-Froese (AMBS faculty)
Susanne Guenther Loewen (MC Canada pastor)
Staff: Karl Koop (CMU editor), Jackie Wyse-Rhodes (AMBS editor), David Cramer (managing editor), Abram Bergen (advertising manager)

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