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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
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The Anabaptists Are Back
Making Peace in a Dangerous World
Duane Ruth-Heffelbower
Stories collected by Phillip Stoltzfus Foreword by Gene Stoltzfus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ruth-Heffelbower, Duane, 1949 The Anabaptists are back: making peace in a dangerous world / Duane Ruth Heffelbower. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8361-3552-0 (alk. paper) 1. PeaceReligious aspectsChristianity. 2. Nonviolence Religious aspectsChristianity. 3. Historic peace churches. 4. Anabaptists. 5. Government, Resistance toReligious aspects Christianity. I. Title. BT736.4.R89 1991 261.8'73dc20 91-6668 CIP
The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible: New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and are used by permission.
THE ANABAPTISTS ARE BACK Copyright 1991 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683 Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 91-6668 International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-3552-0 Printed in the United States of America Book and cover design by Gwen Stamm
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Contents
Foreword
by Gene Stoltzfus
7
Author's Preface
9
1. A Bridge of Stories
11
2. The Politics of Violence
24
3. The Theology of Violence
36
4. Saying "No" to Violence
57
5. Personality, Violence, and Nonviolence
74
6. Life without Violence
92
7. Rediscovering Nonresistance
116
Notes
129
Bibliography
133
The Author
135
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Foreword
As this important book went to print, the war in the Persian Gulf was stirring global anxiety. People of faith looked for the glory of God beyond the misplaced cross of war. The faithful saw God's mighty acts reaching inside that line in the desert into the hearts of love and tenderness God has placed in all peoples.
The Anabaptists Are Back is a compelling introduction to activist peacemaking. It interweaves and gives energy for decision making, jail life, spiritual preparation, and faith for the work.
The book's stories and its rationale for peacemaking arise from a decade when North America was misusing power in Central America. That period's experiences in peacemaking prepared us for the gulf crisis (and that crisis prepared us for future ones).
Prior to war, people prayed, were arrested, and cried out against war. A Christian Peacemaker Team went to Iraq, seeking a table where Iraqi-United States talks could
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