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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service -- Sept. 12, 2008
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director
800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews@brethren.org

'ORIGIN OF THE SCHWARZENAU BRETHREN' IS OFFERED IN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION

(Sept. 12, 2008) Elgin, IL -- Marcus Meier's new book, "The Origin of
the Schwarzenau Brethren," has been published in English as part of the
Brethren Encyclopedia's Monograph Series. The book was translated
from German by Dennis Slabaugh.

Meier was the keynote speaker for the international celebration of the
300th Anniversary of the Brethren movement, which took place in the
village of Schwarzenau, Germany, on Aug. 2-3. Meier is a research
fellow at the Institute for European History in Mainz, and a German
academic authority on the early Brethren.

The book represents a continuing development in Brethren historical
studies to seek original European sources of information, according to an
announcement by William R. Eberly, who has edited the Brethren
Encyclopedia's Monograph Series.

"Brethren historiography has gone through several phases," Eberly said.
"First, M.G. Brumbaugh and other authors reconstructed Brethren
history primarily from collected documents available in America....
Donald and Hedda Durnbaugh did extensive research in archives in
Germany and uncovered much new information. The first Source Book,
'European Origins of the Brethren,' was ready for the 250th Anniversary
in 1958. Now, 50 years later, Marcus Meier has written about still new
information on the Schwarzenau Brethren.... It is a very important book
for a new era of Brethren historiography."

Order the 236-page volume through Brethren Press for $40 plus shipping
and handling, call 800-441-3712.

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and
Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches.  It
celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts more than 125,000
members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and
sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and
India.

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>For more information contact:

>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
>Director of News Services
>Church of the Brethren
>1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org

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