READING SCHEDULE
DATE LINKS TO READING AND VIEWING SOURCES
Sept. 13 Topic: Introduction to Church Polity
The following video will be shown in class:
The following is suggested reading material:
Some additional links of interest:Confession of Faith from a Mennonite Perspective
A Shared Understanding of Church Leadership
Purposeful Plan: A Vision for Mennonite Church USA
Sept. 27 Topic: The Bible and LGBTQ Issues in MC USA
The following are links to selected blog postings by Ted Grimsrud, Professor of Theology and Peace
Studies at EMU
• A review of the book, God and the Gay Christian: by Matthew Vines
• A review of the book, Does Jesus Really Love Me? by Jeff Chu
The following are YouTube videos of Matthew Vines addressing subject of the Bible and same sex relationships:
• Video of Matthew Vines (5 minutes)
• Video of Matthew Vines (1 hour)
The following is the reading schedule for October through November. All links are to sections from "PACIFIST BATTLEGROUNDS” by Stephanie Krehbiel.
DATE SECTION PAGES
Oct. 4 PB-INTRODUCTION 1 - 23
Oct 11 PB-CHAPTER 1 24 - 64
Naming the Violence of Process: Reframing a Pacifist Conflict
Oct 18 PB-CHAPTER 2 65 - 104
Statements and Walls: Persons Associated With a Group Calling Itself Pink Mennos
Oct. 25 PB-CHAPTER 3 105 - 133
Strangers and Kin
Nov. 1 PB-CHAPTER 4 134 - 180
John Howard Yoder Is Dead: Sexualized Violence and the Haunting of the Mennonite Church
Nov. 8 PB-CONCLUSION 181 - 188
Nov. 15 (to be determined)
Nov. 22 Conversation with Stephanie
Note: PB refers to "PACIFIST BATTLEGROUNDS: Violence, Community, and the Struggle for LGBTQ Justice in the Mennonite Church USA" by Stephanie Krehbiel
Below are links to supplemental material of interest to this class: (Additional links will be added as the class advances through material)
1. The Evolution of Mennonite Sexuality: How John Howard Yoder Got Away With It, by Robyn Cordle
2. No pink in MWC's rainbow, by Lisa Schirch and Jacob Mack-Boll (from September 14, 2105 Mennonite World Review)
3. My Untold Stories, by Barbra Graber
4. BMC (Brethren Mennonite Council) Speaking Out 1983 (YouTube video)
5. Comments about Mennonite Convention 2015 by Meghan Florian on Femmonite blog
6. Being Comfortable with Complex Unity and Honest About Theological Diversity by Hannah Heinzekehr on Femonite blog
(Note: The "Femmonite" and "Femonite" blogs are two different sites.)
7. A Brief History of the Rainbow Mennonite Church and it's Acceptance of Persons Regardless of Sexual Orientation by Frank Ward
8. Mennonites and the "Homosexual" Issue: A Recent History by Lin Garber
9. October News Letter of the Brethren Mennonite Council
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