Two kingdoms, two loyalties : Mennonite pacifism in modern America / Perry Bush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bush, Perry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--United States--History--20th century.

Mennonites.

Pacifism--Religious aspects--Mennonites--History of doctrines--20th century.

Pacifism.

Pacifism--Religious aspects--Mennonites.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Summary:

In TWO KINGDOMS, TWO LOYALTIES, historian Perry Bush explores the dramatic changes both within Mennonite communities and in their relationship with mainstream American society between the 1920s and the 1970s, as Mennonite culture underwent a profound transformation from seclusion to nearly complete acculturation. 25 illustrations.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Two Kingdoms, Two Loyalties 1

2. Challenges to Mennonite Peacemaking, 1914-1939 26

3. The Mennonite Leadership and a Line of Least Resistance 56

4. The Mennonite People and Total War, 1941-1945 90

5. The Decline and Revival of the Mennonite Community 129

6. New Directions and Forms of Witness, 1946-1956 153

7. Speaking to the State, 1957-1965 188

8. Draft Resistance, Nonresistance, and Vietnam, 1965-1973 221

9. Transformed Landscape, Transformed Voices 257.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Carnegie Mellon University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-354) and index.

ISBN:

0801858275

OCLC:

38107133