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From Mennonite Sources:

• Mennonite Church's Statement on the war in Iraq.

• "How Pacifists Look at the World Today," by Anne Meyer Byler.

• "Destroying Terrorists Weakens Our Security," by Ron Kraybill, Associate Professor of Conflict Studies, Eastern Mennonite University.

• "Quo Vadis?: Reframing Terror from the Perspective of Conflict Resolution," a lecture by John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. John Paul was formerly the director of the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University (see the link below).

• "The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay," also by John Paul Lederach.

• Writings about Christian Nonresistance and Pacifism from Anabaptist-Mennonite Sources, links to 73 on-line articles, essays, and books on peacemaking by Mennonite writers, organized into Confessional Statements, Biblical and Theological Studies, Church Life and History, Communication and Conflict, and Social and Political Analysis. Located at Bluffton College.

• Letter to President Bush from James Schrag, executive director of Mennonite Church USA.

• Action Ideas for the War in Iraq.

• "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It" is a documentary on conscientious objectors during World War 2. This website has a wealth of stories and information.

  
  

Peace Organizations in the Mennonite Church:

• The Peace & Justice Support Network.

• The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia).

• Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), a relief and service agency of North American Mennonites.

• Christian Peacemaker Teams.

Secular Articles

• "All You Need Is Love," by Bruce Hoffman, in The Atlantic, December 2001. Question: How do you get terrorists to stop committing terrorism? Answer: You marry them off and persuade them to have children. An intriguing report on how terrorists in the Palestinian Liberation Organization and in the Irish Republican Army have successfully stopped other terrorists--through the simple strategy of creating and strengthening family relationships. 

• "Questioning a Military Campaign," by Peter Steinfels, in The New York Times, November 10, 2001. Why early support for the war in Afghanistan by American Christians could end.