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Peace, Faith, Nation

Author : Theron F. Schlabach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556351976
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Peace, Faith, Nation written by Theron F. Schlabach and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-02 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Peace, Faith, Nation' tells the story of Mennonite and Amish life in nineteenth-century America -- stories of families, of churches, of communities. It tells of work and play, of moving and settling, of struggling with citizenship, of various means (including the Old Order ways) of church renewal. It is a Mennonite history but also an American history. At its heart it tells of response to the nationalist, individualistic, aggressive, and progressive spirit of America. Most Mennonites were quiet, peace-oriented, communal, and humility-minded. Yet the American spirit beckoned -- especially as it often came through Protestant revivalism and promised religious renewal.

Peace, faith nation

Author : Theron F. Schlabach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Peace, faith nation written by Theron F. Schlabach and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Peace, Progress and the Professor

Author : Perry Bush
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0836147588
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Peace, Progress and the Professor written by Perry Bush and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be Mennonite in the modern world? And what is the witness of a peace church that is always at risk of splintering? C. Henry Smith—son of an Amish family, erudite historian, urbane bank president, and pioneer of Mennonite scholarship—sought answers to these questions in the middle of the 20th century, and his answers reverberate through the church to this day. In this engaging narrative biography, historian Perry Bush chronicles Smith’s childhood in an Illinois farming community, his youthful turn toward intellectual inquiry, and his confidence that Anabaptist faith and life offer gifts to the wider world. By recounting the story of one of the foremost Mennonite intellectuals, Bush surveys the storied terrain of 20th-century Mennonite identity in its selective borrowing from wider culture and its tentative embrace of progressive reforms and higher education, and growing conviction that Anabaptism served as a taproot of Western civilization. Bush argues that Smith’s body of historical writing furnished a new generation of Mennonites with both an understanding of their shared past and the tools to navigate an ever-shifting present. Volume 49 in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series.

Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream

Author : Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252066474
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream written by Jonathan D. Sarna and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period from roughly the Civil War to World War I, a collection of scholars explores how minority faiths in the United States met the challenges posed to them by the American Protestant mainstream. Contributors focus on Judaism, Catholicism, Mormonism, Protestant immigrant faiths, African American churches, and Native American religions.

God or Nations

Author : William Durland
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725226901
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book God or Nations written by William Durland and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difficulty in realizing that a truth beyond culture exists is perhaps the greatest single barrier to the life of love. Our culture is permeated by violence, militarism, materialism, patriotism to nation right or wrong, the supremancy of force, racism, sexism. Most people, seeking approval of their peers, never see how destructive these false values are. Here you are challenged to be dissatisfied with this cultural reality; to resist custom, habit, tradition, mores, social environment, even heredity; to act on your own conscience, to reform reality, to return good for evil, to love your enemy, to serve the oppressed.

The Heart of the War

Author : Julian Kennedy Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart of the War written by Julian Kennedy Smyth and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

God and Country?

Author : M. Long
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137072032
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book God and Country? written by M. Long and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together significant writings on Christianity and patriotism for a post-September 11th world. This is an exceptional collection of writings for students and universities to use as a source for guiding and informing discussion about Christianity and patriotism.

Serenity Prayer

Author : Elisabeth Sifton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393326628
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Serenity Prayer written by Elisabeth Sifton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who wrote The Serenity Prayer, reclaims the true history of the prayer and recounts the efforts made by those who, like Niebuhr, devoted their lives to the causes of social justice, racial equality, and democratic freedom.

Peace and Persistence

Author : Mary Jane Heisey
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387569
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Peace and Persistence written by Mary Jane Heisey and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents material about the Brethren in Christ, a small, little-known religious group. In addition to drawing from official church doctrine, statements and records, it also features a variety of authors in church-related publications, records of congregational life, and archival sources.

Amish Quilts

Author : Janneken Smucker
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421410540
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Amish Quilts written by Janneken Smucker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study on the history, meaning, art, and commerce of Amish quilts. Second Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Country stores in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and other tourist regions display row after row of handcrafted quilts. In luxury homes, office buildings, and museums, the quilts have been preserved and displayed as priceless artifacts. They are even pictured on collectible stamps. Amish Quilts explores how these objects evolved from practical bed linens into contemporary art. In this in-depth study, illustrated with more than 100 stunning color photographs, Janneken Smucker discusses what makes an Amish quilt Amish. She examines the value of quilts to those who have made, bought, sold, exhibited, and preserved them and how that value changes as a quilt travels from Amish hands to marketplace to consumers. A fifth-generation Mennonite quiltmaker herself, Smucker traces the history of Amish quilts from their use in the late nineteenth century to their sale in the lucrative business practices of today. Through her own observations as well as oral histories, newspaper accounts, ephemera, and other archival sources, she seeks to understand how the term “Amish” became a style and what it means to both quiltmakers and consumers. She also looks at how quilts influence fashion and raises issues of authenticity of quilts in the marketplace. Whether considered as art, craft, or commodity, Amish quilts reflect the intersections of consumerism and connoisseurship, religion and commerce, nostalgia and aesthetics. By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.

The Primitive Church in the Modern World

Author : Richard Thomas Hughes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252021947
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book The Primitive Church in the Modern World written by Richard Thomas Hughes and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Suffering to Solidarity

Author : Andrew P Klager
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718844572
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book From Suffering to Solidarity written by Andrew P Klager and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As experiences of suffering continue to influence the responses of identity groups in the midst of violent conflict, a way to harness their narratives, stories, memories, and myths in transformative and non-violent ways is needed. From Suffering to Solidarity explores the historical seeds of Mennonite peacebuilding approaches and their application in violent conflicts around the world. The authors in this book first draw out the experiences of Anabaptists and Mennonites from the sixteenth-century originsthrough to the present that have shaped their approaches to conflict transformation and inspired new generations of Mennonites to engage in relief, development, and peacebuilding to alleviate the suffering of others whose experiences today reflect those of their ancestors. Authors then explore the various peacebuilding approaches, methods, and initiatives that have emerged from this Mennonite narrative and its preservation and dissemination in subsequent generations. Finally, the book examines how this combined historical sensitivity and resulting peacebuilding theory and practice have been applied in violent conflicts around the world, noting both successes and challenges. Ultimately, From Suffering to Solidarity attempts to answer a question: How can arobust historical infrastructure be used to inspire empathetic solidarity with the Other and shape nonviolent ways of transforming conflict to thrust a stick in the spokes of the cycle of violence?

Chosen Nation

Author : Benjamin W. Goossen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691174288
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Chosen Nation written by Benjamin W. Goossen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. Chosen Nation is a sweeping history of this encounter and the debates it sparked among parliaments, dictatorships, and congregations across Eurasia and the Americas. Offering a multifaceted perspective on nationalism's emergence in Europe and around the world, Benjamin Goossen demonstrates how Mennonites' nationalization reflected and reshaped their faith convictions. While some church leaders modified German identity along Mennonite lines, others appropriated nationalism wholesale, advocating a specifically Mennonite version of nationhood. Examining sources from Poland to Paraguay, Goossen shows how patriotic loyalties rose and fell with religious affiliation. Individuals might claim to be German at one moment but Mennonite the next. Some external parties encouraged separatism, as when the Weimar Republic helped establish an autonomous "Mennonite State" in Latin America. Still others treated Mennonites as quintessentially German; under Hitler's Third Reich, entire colonies benefited from racial warfare and genocide in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Whether choosing Germany as a national homeland or identifying as a chosen people, called and elected by God, Mennonites committed to collective action in ways that were intricate, fluid, and always surprising. The first book to place Christianity and diaspora at the heart of nationality studies, Chosen Nation illuminates the rising religious nationalism of our own age.

Seeking Places of Peace

Author : Royden Loewen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1680992678
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Seeking Places of Peace written by Royden Loewen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most inclusive, sweeping, and insightful history ever written about the North American Mennonite saga. Both authors are eminent historians. Royden Loewen is Professor of History, with a chair in Mennonite Studies, at the University of Winnipeg. Steven M. Nolt is Professor of History at Goshen (IN) College. Both authors of this book bring to the task the insights of "social history." As such, they focus on people in many geographical environments rather than on institutional development and theological controversy. Readable, understandable, and incisive. Appeals to all ages and all groups.

Axis of Peace

Author : S. Wesley Ariarajah
Publisher : World Council of Churches
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Axis of Peace written by S. Wesley Ariarajah and published by World Council of Churches. This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Iraq is over, and we are now facing its aftermath. The searching and divisive questions raised for the churches by the invasion of Iraq linger on. Are there "just wars"? What does the Bible teach about war and violence? What constitutes patriotism when one's nation is at war? Is there theological justification for wars of self-defence or liberation? S. Wesley Ariarajah explores these questions to facilitate ongoing conversation in faith communities. Surveying instances of violence in many regions of the globe, often involving confrontation between religious communities, Ariarajah examines what violence does to those who perpetrate it on others. Moving beyond simplistic notions of 'good' and 'evil' in world affairs, he calls on peoples of faith to counter terror in all its forms through the creation of an 'axis of peace'.

Rooted and Grounded

Author : Ryan D. Harker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498235557
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Rooted and Grounded written by Ryan D. Harker and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many of us, the connection between the ecological crisis and humanity's detachment from the land is becoming increasingly clear. In biblical terms, adam (humanity) has severed itself from the adamah (soil), and we (creation) are reaping the consequences. This collection of essays, and the conference from which it took shape, calls the church to root itself more deeply in the agrarian biblical text and ecclesial tradition in order to remember and freshly imagine ways of living on and with the land that are restorative, reconciling, and faithful to the triune God's invitation to new life in Christ. When we listen attentively to and patiently learn from the biblical text, church history, and theology, the land itself can become a conversation partner, and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity, but for the whole of creation.

How the Nations Rage

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1400207657
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book How the Nations Rage written by Jonathan Leeman and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can the church move forward in unity amid such political strife and cultural contention? As Christians, we’ve felt pushed to the outskirts of national public life, yet even within our congregations we are divided about how to respond. Some want to strengthen the evangelical voting bloc. Others focus on social justice causes, and still others would abandon the public square altogether. What do we do when brothers and sisters in Christ sit next to each other in the pews but feel divided and angry? Is there a way forward? In How the Nations Rage, political theology scholar and pastor Jonathan Leeman challenges Christians from across the spectrum to hit the restart button by shifting our focus from redeeming the nation to living as a nation already redeemed rejecting the false allure of building heaven on earth while living faithfully as citizens of a heavenly kingdom letting Jesus’ teaching shape our public engagement as we love our neighbors and seek justice When we identify with Christ more than a political party or social grouping, we can return to the church’s unchanging political task: to become the salt and light Jesus calls us to be and offer the hope of his kingdom to the nations.