The sociologist
James Davison Hunter and Anabaptist minister Stuart Murray have both written at length on Neo-Anabaptism, describing the movement in books such as
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World and
The Naked Anabaptist, respectively. Neo-Anabaptism is characterized by being unified but not monolithic; its generally agree on ethics but are denominationally diverse and may differ on many theological points. The unification comes from a general focus on
nonviolence and the ethics of the
Sermon on the Mount, as opposed to adhering to strict doctrinal creeds or inhabiting the same denomination. The movement has been compared to
New Calvinism in that advocates of each movement tend to be part of various denominations, yet are theologically united to some level, finding inspiration from
Reformation-era individuals and movements (for instance,
John Calvin and
Reformed theology for New Calvinism;
Anabaptist theologians and their forebears such as
Ulrich Zwingli,
Menno Simons, and
Jacob Hutter for Neo-Anabaptists). The original
Anabaptists were labeled as "Anabaptists" pejoratively, since critics used the term to highlight the movement's perceived obsession with
Believer's baptism, or baptism by full-body immersion in water. ==References==