Gerald J. Mast

Changing Signs of Truth

Philosophy

“The great contribution of this work is to make some of the most complex and challenging theoretical concepts in communication accessible and even attractive to competent college-level readers within the milieu of struggles over faithfulness in North American evangelical Christian culture.”

Passages

Fiction

“Evie Yoder Miller explores the moral horizon of the Civil War as it is reflected on the inner spiritual and emotional landscapes of historical figures shaped by the peace-church heritage of Amish, Mennonite, and Old German Baptist communities. In Miller’s complex and convincing narrative, life and joy persist amidst disaster and death, and the ordinary routines of daily obligation and piety supply the momentum to carry both characters and readers through the unfolding national catastrophe.”

The Purple Crown

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Christian Martyrdom is posed by The Purple Crown as the loving sacrifice which sustains the witness of God’s global nation—the church— against the honorable sacrifice of sword-bearing armies that presume to protect and defend the earthly nations which demand our loyalty. This book helps to explain why the church needs to keep telling the stories of martyrs and how those stories assist the church in making a loving and persuasive witness to the peace proclaimed and accomplished in the life of Jesus Christ amidst nations that continue to lift up military heroes as the makers of history and the bearers of peace.”