Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War
(Part of the Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Series)
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During the American Civil War, the Mennonites and Amish faced moral dilemmas that tested the very core of their faith. How could they oppose both slavery and the war to end it? How could they remain outside the conflict without entering the American mainstream to secure legal conscientious objector status? In the North, living this ethical paradox marked them as ambivalent participants to the Union cause; in the South, it marked them as clear traitors...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801886724
ISBN13:9780801886720
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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