The Theology of Anabaptism: An Interpretation (Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History No. 15)

183 pp. "Robert Friedmann sees Anabaptism neither as a revised Catholic theology, nor as a fuller expression of Protestantism, but as a new approach to the Word of God. Theology as a discipline was not a concern of the Anabaptists. They deliberately bypassed it whenever possible. Theology as a system was considered a stumbling block to discipleship, an intellectual pastime offering man little help in his earthly predicament. The Anabaptist approach to faith was simple the question of readiness or lack of readiness for the Kingdom of God."