This volume updates some of the materials in the first four volumes of The Mennonite Encyclopedia. It also adds almost 1000 new articles on many topics. Some of these topics grow out of continuing research in Anabaptism. Some are the result of new interpretations arrived at since the publication of the first four volumes. And some report on new developments within the global Mennonite and Brethren-in-Christ family. Thus this volume continues and builds upon the work of the earlier set.

Heiko A. Oberman's Masters of the Reformation - first published in German under the title Werden and Wertung der Reformation - is a general survey of academic thought and its impact on a wider world from the later Middle Ages to the emergence of Luther and the city Reformation. The book uses the early history of the University of Tubingen to illuminate late fifteenth-century theological developments and the first stirrings of the Reformation. Oberman shows from the beginning that the University of Tubingen was no ivory tower. Rather, it was a vantage point from which important trends were...

Heaven and hell have been battling since the dawn of time. There has always been angels and demons doing their bidding for their sides. Everything is about to change because of one free thinking demon With his newly formed demon recruits, the greatest battle of all is about to be waged, both in heaven and in hell. The very essence of life itself hangs in the balance. Only the unification of four brave demons and four exceptional angels can bring the wrath of heaven and hell tearing the cosmos in two to an end, and stopping the darkest days and the brightest nights ever coming to pass.

Heaven and hell have been battling since the dawn of time. There has always been angels and demons doing their bidding for their sides. Everything is about to change because of one free thinking demon With his newly formed demon recruits, the greatest battle of all is about to be waged, both in heaven and in hell. The very essence of life itself hangs in the balance. Only the unification of four brave demons and four exceptional angels can bring the wrath of heaven and hell tearing the cosmos in two to an end, and stopping the darkest days and the brightest nights ever coming to pass.

God's prophecy: the defining moment is the sequel to the darkest days, the brightest nights and continues the journey of Oriis, a demon ultimately chosen by god to protect his child and help restore order to heaven and hell. It's an epic journey taking you to both heaven and hell and how angels and demons can work together when posed with a common goal. The bitter eternal war between angels and demons is always present and those that seek to destroy the very fabric of life.