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ResourcesThere is a wealth of resources available on the <strong>to</strong>pic of peacemaking and resistance <strong>to</strong> war.Check out your church library, regional resource centre, or MCC’s resource catalogue atwww.thenovgroup.com/MCC/catalog.Selected Printed MaterialsAlternative Service for Peace in <strong>Canada</strong> during World War II 1941-1946. Edited by A. J.Klassen. <strong>Mennonite</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Committee</strong>, B.C., Seniors for Peace, 1998. Contains s<strong>to</strong>ries ofCOs and a summarized timeline and essays.Bread for the Enemy: A Peace and Justice Lectionary. Compiled and edited by DorothyJean Weaver. <strong>Mennonite</strong> Church Peace & Justice <strong>Committee</strong>, 2001. Takes the readerthrough the Bible exploring this multifaceted peace.Choosing Against War: A Christian View. John D. Roth. Good Books, 2002. How mightChristians look on the world differently if they believed that God’s love was indeedstronger than their fears?Decide for Peace: A Guide for Personal Bible Study and Reflection on ConscientiousObjection. Eddy Hall. New<strong>to</strong>n, KS and Winnipeg, MB: Faith & Life Press, 1996. This is astudy resource particularly suited for youth.How <strong>to</strong> Teach Children Peace. Anne Meyer Byler. Herald Press, 2003. Practical suggestions<strong>to</strong> help families pattern their lives after Jesus’ words and actions while dealing withmodern stresses.<strong>Mennonite</strong> Peacemaking: From Quietism <strong>to</strong> Activism. Leo Driedger and Donald B.Kraybill. Scottdale and Waterloo: Herald Press, 1994. Traces the transformation of<strong>Mennonite</strong> peacemaking—from passive non-resistance <strong>to</strong> active participation in thepolitical order—in the twentieth century.The Path of Most Resistance. Melissa Miller and Phil M. Sherk. Herald Press, 1982.Contains s<strong>to</strong>ries of conscientious objec<strong>to</strong>rs during the Vietnam War.At Peace and Unafraid: Public Order, Security, and the Wisdom of the Cross. Edited byDuane K. Friesen and Gerald W. Schlabach. Scottdale and Waterloo: Herald Press, 2005.Essays commissioned by MCC as part of a two-year study process seeking <strong>to</strong> discern anAnabaptist-<strong>Mennonite</strong> response <strong>to</strong> terrorism, violent conflict, disorder and insecurity.PEACE; JUST LIVE IT! Christine Neufeld. Faith and Life Press 1995. A ten-session Biblestudy curriculum for high school youth.A Peace Reader. Edited by E. Morris Sider and Luke Keefer Jr. Nappanee: EvangelPublishing House, 2002. A practical resource for everyone who seeks <strong>to</strong> serve Jesus Christand, it draws from the writings of leading Christian pacifists over the past century.Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community. Henri Nouwen. Orbis Books, 2005.33
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