Peace Shall Destroy Many
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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I first read this book about Mennonites in western Canada during WWII while I was in college. Wiebe had the audacity to pull back the curtain and expose the very human inconsistencies between what we Mennonites believe and how we sometimes behave, particularly around pacifism, racism, and money. Mennonites pride (uh oh) ourselves on living our theology, so the book created quite a stir in the Mennonite world because Wiebe took some shine off the denomination. That very act raised important theological questions for me, ones that I’ll always grapple with in one form or another.
I like to think…
From Janelle's list on those quirky Mennonites.
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