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Mennonite peacemaking: from quietism to activism by Leo Driedger

By Leo Driedger

The method of modernization levied a dramatic influence at the mode and elegance of Mennonite peacemaking as proven during this pathbreaking paintings by means of Leo Driedger and Donald B. Kraybill. As Mennonites have been replacing plows for professions within the Nineteen Fifties, theological "brokers" have been shaping the transformation of Mennonite peace convictions.

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Respected for their hard work and quiet ways, they were a different breed, outside the Protestant mainstream. Page 36 When peace movements mushroomed in the aftermath of World War I, the nonresistant label also distinguished Mennonites from other "pacifists"a word that increasingly smelled of liberal and modernist odors to some Mennonites. Nonresistance, etched into Mennonite consciousness and tattooed on their public image, defined the essence of Mennonite identity. Summary Social analysts have frequently noted that pacifism thrives in sectarian soilwithin religious groups that accent separation from the dominant culture.

Dutch Mennonites abandoned nonresistance by the end of the eighteenth century. Although they delayed the demise of nonresistance longer than their Dutch cousins, German Mennonites began paying the price of citizenship in the nineteenth century. In Switzerland, historic homeland of Anabaptism, as well as in France, nonresistance waned among the Mennonites who did not migrate to North America. In Brock's (1991a:152) words the culprits were, "economic factors . . commercialization of their communities and increasing urbanization, as well as religious influences like that of evangelicalism.

A Deeply Rooted Peace Peace convictions were not only central to Mennonite understandings of faith, they were the taproot of Mennonite life. An abundance of empirical evidence underscores the depth of pacifism in the Mennonite experience. Loewen's (1985:4243) analysis of twenty-seven Mennonite confessions of faith between 1527 and 1975 revealed that the rejection of revenge was a "most central emphasis" in all of the confessions. Many of them devote a special section to nonresistancehighlighting biblical commands to love enemies, suspend revenge, overcome evil with goodness, embody the ways of love, abstain from military service, avoid litigation, and reject "carnal" warfare of all sorts.

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