tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post8911112758383709947..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: How Mennonites Reinvented Non-Conformity and Non-Resistance, 1908-2008Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-49554781689545048722016-11-15T07:51:33.035-07:002016-11-15T07:51:33.035-07:00I appreciate this review, Janine. How are you doi...I appreciate this review, Janine. How are you doing these days? Where are you teaching?Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00507281908536132884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-32923369866945853342013-10-10T17:31:03.860-06:002013-10-10T17:31:03.860-06:00Wow. Great stuff, Janine. Thx so much for the th...Wow. Great stuff, Janine. Thx so much for the thorough and informative review.<br /><br /><i>Though the book is a denominational history at its finest, it would be a terrible shame if it remained only that.</i><br /><br />Amen. The Anabaptist tradition presents a unique, non-normative prism through which to view our history.<br /><br />Thx again!Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-88166557657254659902013-10-09T10:38:27.684-06:002013-10-09T10:38:27.684-06:00Great points, Steven. I think the author would agr...Great points, Steven. I think the author would agree that Vietnam did help smooth over differences between Anabaptists and the broader social justice left. In fact, I think that was one of his provocations for doing this century-long history of Mennonite doctrine. <br /><br />It's also a great point to point out how many American Mennonites remain interested in minimal government. Stutzman acknowledges that this is not something that comes up as much in the published records at the denominational level. I guess it's a bit like the many many many conservative proto-mainline Protestants in the Social Gospel era. <br /><br />That fetish for archival materials really does influence the kinds of histories we write!Janine Giordano Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743145462085629472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-18961830548109899362013-10-09T09:25:43.569-06:002013-10-09T09:25:43.569-06:00Thanks for this thoughtful review! As with any fa...Thanks for this thoughtful review! As with any faith tradition, this history can get incredibly complicated (denominational minutiae, regional differences, ethnic dynamics, competing or overlapping institutions, and so on). The Vietnam era strikes me as the most critical recent turning point in this story. An unpopular, draft-driven war fundamentally transformed the political dynamics of non-resistance/pacifism, smoothing over the differences between Anabaptism and the broader social justice left. (At the same time, American Mennonites as a whole have remained decidedly right-of-center in their voting patterns—a fact that might surprise those whose encounters with Mennonites come largely in activist or academic contexts.)Steven P. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068897035889270986noreply@blogger.com