| Defenseless Christianity: Anabaptism for a Nonviolent Church | View shopping basket |
| by Gerald J. Mast & J. Denny Weaver |
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| Entering a field of ongoing controversy, this book dares to offer a new model or vision--defenseless Christianity--for understanding Anabaptism, both present and past. An Anabaptism defined as defenseless Christianity should be seen as a nonviolent Christian movement with a world-reconciling theology despite the fact that some first-generation Anabaptists were not pacifists. IN answer to recent challenges, the authors contend that Anabaptism as it developed and survived is properly understood as a nonviolent movement. At the same time, the authors acknowledge that there were multiple forms of Anabaptism in the sixteenth-centure, requiring ongoing discussion within the movement abut the meaning and purpose of the church. Since a prime characteristic of Anabaptism is the call to shape Christian practices within the story and life of Jesus Christ, the authors describe Anabaptism in a way that speaks to every Christian, whether or not they belong to one of the historic peace churches. The authors believe that the defenseless Christianity of historic Anabaptism has much to offer contemporary peach churches as well as the christian church as a whole. Ships mid-June 2009 Copyright 2009. Cascadia Publishing House | |
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| A Persistent Voice: Marian Franz and Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation | View shopping basket |
| by Marian Franz with editors Tim Godshall, David R Bassett & Steve Ratzlaff |
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| This collection of essays by Marian Franz spans her 23 years of lobbying Congress to enact the Peace Tax Fund Bill, which would allow conscientious objectors to pay taxes into a fund for nonmilitary purposes only. Originally published in the newsletter of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, these 47 essays are as relevant today as they were when Franz wrote them. With stories gleaned from lobbying visits, extensive reading, travels and life experience, Franz consistently crafted essays full of hope and inspiration. While these essays are centered on the legislative effort to enact the Peace Tax Fund Bill, their scope is much broader. Among other topics, Franz delved into the definition of conscience, antidotes to apathy, profiles of nonviolent activists, the high cost and many victims of militarism, and the need to forgive. Franz is joined in A Persistent Voice by eight of her colleagues who contribute chapters unique to their perspectives and expertise on topics such as international human rights, the history of conscientious objection in the U.S., the relationship between war tax resistance and the Peace Tax Fund, the biblical basis for war tax resistance, and personal memories of Franz. Though Marian Franz passed away in 2006, this book is a poignant reminder of an amazing woman and her message which will not go away. Copyright 2009 Cascadia Publishing House | |
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| Iraq: A Journey of Hope and Peace | View shopping basket |
| by Peggy Gish |
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| Peggy Gish went to Iraq in an attempt to prevent war. But on
March 20, 2003, the bombs began falling on Baghdad. Here is Gish's
moving story of the Iraq before, during, and after the 2003 war. Told
as her personal story, Gish makes real the horrors of war and a
passionate vision of peace. Copyright 2004 Herald Press. | |
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| PAX SERVICE: An Alternative to War | View shopping basket |
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| What does it mean to "make peace"? Between 1951 and 1976 some 1200 men refused to join the military. Their religious beliefs forbade their taking another human life. This program features the Pax work in Germany, Austria, Greece, Paraguay and the Congo. Includes all of the program that was on the Hallmark Channel in November 2008 plus an additional 2 hours of programming. Copyright 2009 Mennonite Media | |
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| Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God | View shopping basket |
| by Paul Alexander |
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| Once the Pentecostal peace witness extended throughout the movement and around the world-but was eventually muted and almost completely lost in the American Assemblies of God. This book tells the story of that shift. Copyright 2009 Cascadia Publishing House | |
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| Coals of Fire | View shopping basket |
| by Elizabeth Hershberger Bauman |
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| Written for elementary age children (but of interest to teens and adults), this book contains the true stories of men and women who practiced returning good for evil. For some it meant martyrdom. For others it meant nursing sick refugees and giving them warm clothes. The 17 stories here are excellent for reading aloud. Copyright 1954. | |
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| A Precarious Peace: Yoderian Explorations on Theology, Knowledge, and Identity | View shopping basket |
| by Christ K. Huebner |
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| Christ Huebner poses a formidable challenge to mainstream
accounts of Christian pacifism. He develops a radical understanding of
peace that interrupts and puts into questions many of our most deeply
held convictions, including much of what is offered in the name of
peace. Copyright 2006 Herald Press | |
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| On Fire for Christ | View shopping basket |
| by Dave and Neta Jackson |
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| The stories of 15 Anabaptist martyrs are retold by Dave and Neta Jackson from
Martyrs Mirror . These stories, including those of Michael Sattler,
Elizabeth Dirks, and Dirk Willems, reflect a cross-section of the thousands of
men and women who lost their lives because of their faith during the 16th
century. The storytelling perspective varies: sometimes from the martyr's
point of view or that of a friend or relative, sometimes that of a child or
bystander-or even the executioner or betrayer. The martyrs come alive through
these stories and their witness for Christ inspires us. Discussion questions
focus on present-day meaning making this a valuable tool for study groups. | |
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| Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking | View shopping basket |
| by Arthur G. Gish |
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| Arthur G. Gish records a moving story of the turmoil and suffering of the Palestinian people, the
agony experienced by Israelis, and a vision of hope and new possibilities of reconciliation between Jews,
Muslims, and Christians. From 1995 to 2001, Gish experiences living with Muslim families, engaging
in nonviolent actions with Israelis and Palestinians, and struggling to find creative responses to situations of
injustice. Selected excerpts from his journal tell of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) work and give a
vision of how small peacemaking groups can make a difference in violent conflicts. | |
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| Getting in the Way: Stories from Christian Peacemaker Teams | View shopping basket |
| by Tricia Gates Brown, editor |
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| The stories recounted in this collection of first-person
narratives were written by members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).
The fear, joy, and challenge faced by these committed Christians is
reported vividly from trouble spots like Haiti, Iraq, and Colombia,
where the CPT work to reduced violence and conflict. Whether relating
an account of incarceration in an Israeli prison, the death of a CPT
member in Iraq, or coming face-to-face with angry loggers in the
forests of Canada, the narratives in Getting in the Way are
intimate, moving, and deeply humanizing. Copyright 2005 Herald
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