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Essays that explain how the historical experiences of Mennonites and Anabaptists have shaped their modern approach to conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
As experiences of suffering continue to influence the responses of identity groups in the midst of violent conflict, a way to harness their narratives, stories, memories, and myths in transformative and non-violent ways is needed. From Suffering to Solidarity explores the historical seeds of Mennonite peacebuilding approaches and their application in violent conflicts around the world. The authors in this book first draw out the experiences of Anabaptists and Mennonites from the sixteenth-century origins through to the present that have shaped their approaches to conflict transformation and inspired new generations of Mennonites to engage in relief, development, and peacebuilding to alleviate the suffering of others whose experiences today reflect those of their ancestors. Authors then explore the various peacebuilding approaches, methods, and initiatives that have emerged from this Mennonite narrative and its preservation and dissemination in subsequent generations. Finally, the book examines how this combined historical sensitivity and resulting peacebuilding theory and practice have been applied in violent conflicts around the world, noting both successes and challenges. Ultimately, From Suffering to Solidarity attempts to answer a question: How can a robust historical infrastructure be used to inspire empathetic solidarity with the Other and shape nonviolent ways of transforming conflict to thrust a stick in the spokes of the cycle of violence?
As experiences of suffering continue to influence the responses of identity groups in the midst of violent conflict, a way to harness their narratives, stories, memories, and myths in transformative and non-violent ways is needed. From Suffering to Solidarity explores the historical seeds of Mennonite peacebuilding approaches and their application in violent conflicts around the world. The authors in this book first draw out the experiences of Anabaptists and Mennonites from the sixteenth-century origins through to the present that have shaped their approaches to conflict transformation and inspired new generations of Mennonites to engage in relief, development, and peacebuilding to alleviate the suffering of others whose experiences today reflect those of their ancestors. Authors then explore the various peacebuilding approaches, methods, and initiatives that have emerged from this Mennonite narrative and its preservation and dissemination in subsequent generations. Finally, the book examines how this combined historical sensitivity and resulting peacebuilding theory and practice have been applied in violent conflicts around the world, noting both successes and challenges. Ultimately, From Suffering to Solidarity attempts to answer a question: How can a robust historical infrastructure be used to inspire empathetic solidarity with the Other and shape nonviolent ways of transforming conflict to thrust a stick in the spokes of the cycle of violence?
Price: $49.95
Pages: 428
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
28 April 2016
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780718894313
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / History, History of religion
Oppression, injustice, suffering, violence are everywhere. So are rays of hope that these plagues may be alleviated, even some day brought to an end. ... I have repeatedly found that Mennonite activists and missions are there on the ground, living and working in solidarity with the victims, and Andrew Klager's fine collection on the Mennonite way of proceeding 'from suffering to solidarity' provides a most enlightening and instructive guide to these impressive contributions, and what we can learn from them.
— Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, MIT
[T]his volume is a testimony to the impressive breadth of contemporary Mennonite global endeavour - Egypt, Colombia, Indonesia, Palestine-Israel, Congo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Kosovo - this more than a deep historical analysis, which is mainly to be found in the first few chapters.
— John Briggs
— Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, MIT
[T]his volume is a testimony to the impressive breadth of contemporary Mennonite global endeavour - Egypt, Colombia, Indonesia, Palestine-Israel, Congo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Kosovo - this more than a deep historical analysis, which is mainly to be found in the first few chapters.
— John Briggs
Foreword by Marc Gopin
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Historical Conditions of Anabaptist-Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches
1 The Roots of Anabaptist Empathetic Solidarity, Nonviolent Advocacy, and Peacemaking - John Derksen
2 The Testing of Mennonite Peacemaking in Twentieth-Century Soviet Russia - Walter Sawatsky
3 Privilege, Right, and Responsibility: Peace and the North American Mennonites - Royden Loewen
4 The Beginnings of Mennonite Central Committee and Its Ministry of Peace - Esther Epp-Tiessen
5 Historical Conditions of Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches: Global Anabaptism and Neo-Anabaptism - John D. Roth
Part Two: Analysis of the Historically Conditioned Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches
6 From Resolution to Transformation: Experience, Encounter, and Solidarity in the Peacebuilding Work of Mennonite Practitioner-Scholar, John Paul Lederach - Janna Hunter-Bowman
7 Formative Mennonite Mythmaking in Peacebuilding and Restorative Justice - Carl Stauffer
8 Mennonites and Contemporary Human Rights - Lowell Ewert
9 Mennonite Women: Making Positive Peace - Marlene Epp
10 Transforming the Peacebuilder: Building Trust and Local Capacity through Containment of Ego and Cultivation of the Inner Life - Ron Kraybill
11 Called to Be Snakebirds: Mennonite Historical Conditions as Inspiration for Peace Work - Virgil Wiebe
Part Three: Application of Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches in Conflict Settings
12 Authentic Grassroots Conflict Transformation in Egypt: Interreligious Hospitality and the Gift of Pessimism in Mennonite Approaches to Peacebuilding - Andrew P. Klager
13 Communities of Hope: Colombian Anabaptist Churches Bridging the Abyss of Suffering with Faith - Bonnie Klassen
14 Religious Violence, Peacebuilding, and Mennonites: The Case of Indonesia - Sumanto Al Qurtuby
15 Remembering a Perforated Land: Strategies of Peacebuilding in Palestine-Israel - Alain Epp Weaver
16 The Mennonite Peacebuilding Response to Interethnic Division in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Fidele Ayu Lumeya
17 Overcoming Trauma, Grievance, and Revenge in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: Fostering Nonviolent Reconciliation Efforts - David Steele
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Historical Conditions of Anabaptist-Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches
1 The Roots of Anabaptist Empathetic Solidarity, Nonviolent Advocacy, and Peacemaking - John Derksen
2 The Testing of Mennonite Peacemaking in Twentieth-Century Soviet Russia - Walter Sawatsky
3 Privilege, Right, and Responsibility: Peace and the North American Mennonites - Royden Loewen
4 The Beginnings of Mennonite Central Committee and Its Ministry of Peace - Esther Epp-Tiessen
5 Historical Conditions of Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches: Global Anabaptism and Neo-Anabaptism - John D. Roth
Part Two: Analysis of the Historically Conditioned Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches
6 From Resolution to Transformation: Experience, Encounter, and Solidarity in the Peacebuilding Work of Mennonite Practitioner-Scholar, John Paul Lederach - Janna Hunter-Bowman
7 Formative Mennonite Mythmaking in Peacebuilding and Restorative Justice - Carl Stauffer
8 Mennonites and Contemporary Human Rights - Lowell Ewert
9 Mennonite Women: Making Positive Peace - Marlene Epp
10 Transforming the Peacebuilder: Building Trust and Local Capacity through Containment of Ego and Cultivation of the Inner Life - Ron Kraybill
11 Called to Be Snakebirds: Mennonite Historical Conditions as Inspiration for Peace Work - Virgil Wiebe
Part Three: Application of Mennonite Peacebuilding Approaches in Conflict Settings
12 Authentic Grassroots Conflict Transformation in Egypt: Interreligious Hospitality and the Gift of Pessimism in Mennonite Approaches to Peacebuilding - Andrew P. Klager
13 Communities of Hope: Colombian Anabaptist Churches Bridging the Abyss of Suffering with Faith - Bonnie Klassen
14 Religious Violence, Peacebuilding, and Mennonites: The Case of Indonesia - Sumanto Al Qurtuby
15 Remembering a Perforated Land: Strategies of Peacebuilding in Palestine-Israel - Alain Epp Weaver
16 The Mennonite Peacebuilding Response to Interethnic Division in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Fidele Ayu Lumeya
17 Overcoming Trauma, Grievance, and Revenge in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: Fostering Nonviolent Reconciliation Efforts - David Steele
Bibliography
Index