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The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium. Walter Wink. New York:Doubleday, 1998. Helps reformulate our ancient religious concepts—such as God andSatan, angels and demons, principalities and powers—in light of what we now know.Pursuing Peace Booklet. Explains MCC’s commitment to peace; intended to stimulatethinking about peace and how it is reflected in our lives. Available from MCC in Frenchand in English.The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament. Edited by WilliardSwartley. Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.Resistance and Nonresistance: The Two Legs of a Biblical Peace Stance. Tom YoderNeufeld, The Conrad Grebel Review Dec 2003.Sam Martin Went to Prison: The Story of Conscientious Objection and Canadian MilitaryService. William Janzen and Frances Greaser. Winnipeg and Hillsboro: Kindred Press,1990. A short book about the history of conscientious objection in Canada and one CO’sexperience during World War I.Second Mile: A Peace Journey for Congregations. Invites congregations and small groupsto enter a journey that will help them become active signs of Christ’s peace in a brokenworld. A study guide with 20 sessions. www.gosecondmile.org/whatis.htm.What Would You Do? A Serious Answer to a Standard Question. John Howard Yoder.Expanded edition. Herald Press, 1992. Tackles the questions most often posed to thosewho identify themselves as pacifists.Where Was God on Sept. 11? Donald B. Kraybill and Linda Gehman Peachey,Herald Press, 2002.Women Against the Good War. Rachel Waltner Goossen. University of NorthCarolina Press, 1997. This is about the U.S. and it offers women’s perspectives on war.The World at War—The Church at Peace. Jon Bonk. Winnipeg: Kindred Press, 1988.This book is designed to go back to first principles—the biblical record—to establish atheology and rationale for the role of the Christian peacemaker in the world.Videos/DVDs that can be ordered from MCCThe Pacifist Who Went to War. In 1939, as Canada joined World War II, a crisis pulledapart the Mennonite communities of southern MB. Young Mennonite men were forced todecide—in the face of 400 years of pacifist tradition—should they now go to war?Brothers Ted and John Friesen reflect on their choices; Ted became a conscientious objector,while John went into military service. Features interviews with Mennonite authorRudy Wiebe, conscientious objectors, war veterans and a new generation of CanadianMennonites.Different Path, The Mennonite Conscientious Objectors in World War II. Stories ofMennonite and Brethren in Christ people in both World War I and World War II whodeclared that though they would do anything to serve humanity, they would not take ahuman life. Historian and political scientist Bill Janzen places their stories within the 500-year peacemaking history of Anabaptism.34
Your Money or Your Life: A Dialogue on Conscientious Objection. Features four contemporaryCanadian conscientious objectors: Edith Adamson, Dr. Jerilynn Prior, Jason Miller,and Muriel Sibley.Blood Makes the Grass Grow. Provides insight into a little publicized aspect of the GulfWar—its opposition. Interviews four men and two women who attempted to become conscientiousobjectors during the Gulf War.Change of Command. Presents the stories of military veterans whose inner voice clashedwith their military duties. For all, a deepening commitment to Christ’s way of peacechanged the course of their lives. Courage and God’s grace brought healing and vision forthe future. (Also available in Spanish)Thermostat: How Can We Turn Toward Peace in a Time of Fear? A DVD for youth onwar, peace and Christian conscience. Thermostat includes a wide variety of resources: Biblestudies, role plays, stories, images, poetry, video clips, rap and drama. A 100-page studyguide organizes the three hours of video clips and activities into 33 different study units.The units—which can be used separately—include the themes of peacemaking, imagination,allegiance, security, terrorism, camouflage and nonviolence. Thermostat encouragesintergenerational conversation and learning. Grade 7 to adult. A new Canadian supplementis now available.WebsitesPeace Ministries: mcc.org/canada/peaceCO Registry: mennonitecc.ca/canada/coPeace is a choice downloadable slideshow: mcc.org/canada/peace/resources/otherAlternative Service www.alternativeservice.ca has stories and study resources about theCanadian COs who did alternative service.Christian Peacemaker Teams www.cpt.org has the background of this organization andup-to-date information on delegations and responses to current events.War Resisters in Canada: www.resisters.ca/resisters_stories.htmlWar Resisters International: www.wri-irg.org/Both sites have information on current war resisters.Conscience Canada: www.consciencecanada.caThe website provides many resources for war tax resistance. It also contains instructionson contacting an MP and on joining the Peace Tax Trust Fund (which allows people todivert the military portion of their taxes, to be held in trust until there is a law respectingconscientious objection to military taxation).35
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