LEESBURG, Va. — As an Indigenous woman who claims Anabaptist theology as her own, Sarah Augustine often questions how much “Mennonite” is really part of
Last fall, a delegation of eight Mennonites attended hearings in Vancouver, B.C., to listen to stories of the trauma inflicted upon Indigenous people through Indian Residential Schools, to honor the survivors and to acknowledge the participation of the former General Conference Mennonite Church in this traumatic history.
These were two questions Mark S. Smith, professor of Hebrew and Judaic studies at New York University, asked in this year’s Theological Lectureship at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary March 19-20.
His answers demonstrated what AMBS professor Ben Ollenburger described as Smith’s strength: bringing the Bible into conversation with our time and our questions.
