John Stanley Oyer (1925-1998) was an

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...

scholar and editor. Oyer finished his B.A. degree at

Goshen College Goshen College is a Private college, private Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana. It was founded in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts, ...

1951 and started a master's program in history at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He wrote his doctoral dissertation at the

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. In 1955 he began teaching in the Goshen College history department for the next 38 years.''Oyer, John Stanley (1925-1998)''
at gameo.org. Oyer was the editor of

The Mennonite Quarterly Review ''The Mennonite Quarterly Review'' is an American interdisciplinary review journal, devoted to Anabaptist and Mennonite history, theology, and contemporary issues. History, circulation and operations Published continuously since its conception ...

from 1966 to '74 and from 1977 to '92. He was director of the

Mennonite Historical Library The Mennonite Historical Library (MHL) is considered the world's most prominent and complete collection of resources and artifacts pertaining to Mennonites and related Anabaptist groups. It is housed in the Harold and Wilma Good Library on the ...

at Goshen College from 1975 to 1987.

Works

* ''Lutheran reformers against Anabaptists : Luther, Melanchton, and Menius, and the Anabaptists of central Germany'', The Hague, 1964. * ''They harry the good people out of the land : essays on the persecution, survival and flourishing of Anabaptists and Mennonites'', Goshen, Indiana, 2000. * Together with Robert S.Kreider: ''Mirror of the martyrs'', Intercourse, Pennsylvania, 1990. * ''Is there an Amish Theology'' in Lydie Hege et Christoph Wiebe: Les Amish : origine et particularismes 1693-1993, The Amish : origin and characteristics 1693-1993,

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, 1996, pages 278-302.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oyer, John S. 1925 births 1998 deaths American Mennonites Mennonite writers Reformation historians Goshen College alumni Harvard University alumni University of Chicago alumni