[amc] Fwd: Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
- From: "Ray Gingerich" <rjgingerich@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:03 -0700
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From: Jim Bishop, Harrisonburg, VA <Jim.Bishop.guest.20225@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Oct 30, 2007 5:54 AM
Subject: Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
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> photos of authors available on request . . . jim b.
HARRISONBURG, Va. - Two experts in Anabaptist studies have collaborated on
the first scholarly examination of pacifism during the Civil War.
"Mennonites, Amish and the American Civil War," by James O. Lehman of
Harrisonburg and Steven M. Nolt of Goshen, Ind., describes the various
strategies used by the sectarian religious groups in responding to the
North-South conflict and the effects of war on these communities.
Lehman is librarian emeritus at Eastern Mennonite University, archivist
for Virginia Mennonite Conference and the author of nine congregational
histories and a book on 20th century Mennonite revivalism. Nolt is
professor of history at Goshen (Ind.) College and coauthor of two books on
Amish faith and life, both published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Integrating the most recent Civil War scholarship with little-known
primary sources and new information from Pennsylvania and Virginia to
Illinois and Iowa, Lehman and Nolt provide a definitive account of the
Anabaptist experience during the bloodiest war in American history with
620,000 dead and over a million maimed and wounded.
The authors focus on moral dilemmas Mennonites and Amish faced that that
tested the very core of their faith: How to oppose both slavery and the
war to end it? How to remain outside the conflict without entering the
American mainstream to secure legal conscientious objector status. The
book serves as a good reminder that not all churches immersed themselves
in super-charged patriotism for either the Confederacy or the Union.
"The book is an easy read, with lots of arresting stories of faith under
test," said Albert N. Keim, professor emeritus of history at EMU. "Its
amazingly thorough research makes the book convincing. After reading it, I
was convinced I had just acquired an accurate understanding of my forbears
response to the Civil War," he added.
The 376-page hardback book, published by Johns Hopkins University Press,
Baltimore, is available for $39.95 at leading bookstores and at
www.amazon.com.
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