The Church of the Brethren and war, 1708-1941
By: by Rufus D. Bowman.
Publisher: Brethren Publishing House
Published: 1944
Place of publication: Elgin, IL, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Copyright date: 1944 June 3
Subjects: Church of the Brethren -- History.; War -- Religious aspects.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [334]-348.

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Table of contents: label: Section
title: Page; label: Introduction
title: 7; label: Preface
title: 11; label: Chapter I. Who are the Brethren?
title: 23; label: Confusion Regarding the Church Name; label: German in Origin; label: Founding of the Church; label: The Church Missionary and Evangelical; label: Character of the Early Brethren in Germany; label: First Principles of the Church of the Brethren; label: Peace; label: No Creed But the New Testament; label: Other Ideals Which Developed in the Church Early; label: Brotherhood; label: The Good Life; label: The Brethren - a Rural People; label: Democratic Organization; label: A New Sense of Mission; label: Chapter II. The position of the founders of the Church of the Brethren on war
title: 42; label: Founders Believed War Contrary to Teachings of Jesus; label: First Brethren Community Nonresistant; label: Early Church Conference Upheld Nonresistance; label: Church Founders Took No Part in War; label: Hochmann’s Influence Upon Mack; label: The Position of the Founders Regarding the State; label: Possible Factors Which Influenced the Position of the Founders on War; label: Political and Religious Conditions in Germany; label: Attitude Toward the New Testament; label: The Influence of the Pietists; label: Possible Influence of the Waldenses; label: The Influence of the Mennonites and Quakers; label: How the State Dealt With the Early Brethren as a Minority Group; label: The Coming to America for Religious Liberty; label: The First Inconsistency; label: Summary; label: Chapter III. The Church of the Brethren’s attitude toward war in colonial America and during the Revolutionary War
title: 64; label: Religious Liberty in Colonial Pennsylvania; label: Characteristics of the Church of the Brethren in Colonial America; label: Geographical Distribution; label: A German Language Church; label: The Two Christopher Sowers; label: Conrad Beissel and His Ephrata Society; label: Early Relationships With the Mennonites and Friends; label: The Colonial Period; label: The Brethren and War During the Colonial Period; label: Statement of Robert Proud; label: Christopher Sower on Peace; label: The Sowers on Peace With the Indians; label: The Brethren Sufferings at the Hands of the Indians; label: The Annual Conference on War; label: Associators and Non-Associators; label: Associators Requested to Bear a Tender Regard Toward Non-Associators; label: Criticism Developing; label: Quakers Petition the Assembly; label: The Mennonite and Brethren Petition; label: Non-Associators to Pay an Equivalent; label: Criticism Getting Stronger; label: The Oath Law Passed; label: The Brethren Still Did Not Fight; label: Christopher Sower a Subscriber to Captain Hill’s Company; label: Sower’s Poem; label: Maryland’s Law More Liberal; label: Virginia Laws Do Not Mention Brethren; label: The Brethren and the State During the Colonial Period; label: Christopher Sower, Sr., Worked to Keep the Quaker Government in Power; label: The Oath of Allegiance; label: The Overruling of the Conscience Is Wrong; label: The Persecution of the Brethren; label: Christopher Sower, Jr., in the Hands of the Law; label: The Effect of Persecution Upon the Church of the Brethren; label: Summary; label: Attitude of the Brethren Toward War; label: How Brethren Fared During the Revolution; label: Chapter IV. The period between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars
title: 101; label: The Period of Expansion and Eclipse (1777-1851); label: The Revival of Printing and the New Enlightenment; label: The Church of the Brethren and Slavery; label: The Position of the Church on War; label: The Church of the Brethren and the State; label: Why the Brethren Did Not Vote; label: Brethren Held Civil Laws Not Always of God; label: John Kline’s Conception of Patriotism; label: Laws Affecting the Brethren; label: Summary; label: Chapter V. The position of the Church of the Brethren on war during the Civil War
title: 114; label: The Brethren Opposed to Secession; label: The Position of the Church on War; label: John Kline Claimed the Brotherhood United Against Bearing Arms; label: The Church Disfellowshiped Members for Bearing Arms; label: Stonewall Jackson’s Testimony; label: Attitude of the Brethren Toward the Hiring of Substitutes and the Paying of War Taxes; label: Inconsistencies in the Brethren Peace Position; label: How the Government Dealt With the Brethren as a Minority Group in the North; label: The Federal Militia Act; label: Act of March 3, 1863; label: The Act of February 24, 1864; label: How the Law Was Carried Out; label: Appeals for Exemption; label: Attitude of Lincoln Toward Conscientious Objectors; label: D. P. Sayler’s Government Contacts; label: How the Government Dealt With the Brethren as a Minority Group in the South; label: The Brethren Worked for Exemption; label: The Virginia and North Carolina Laws; label: Unrest Among the Brethren; label: Regulations of Draft Removed From State Control; label: The Confederate Law of October 11, 1862; label: No Change in Exemption Status During 1863; label: President Davis Proposed Drastic Changes in the Conscription Laws; label: The Struggle for Exemption During 1864; label: The Brethren During 1865; label: Sufferings of the Brethren During the Civil War; label: Brethren Martyrs; label: Summary; label: Chapter VI. Peace work in the Church of the Brethren between the Civil War and World War I
title: 157; label: Annual Conference Decisions; label: The Problem of Pensions; label: No General Co-operation With Peace Associations; label: The Question of Police Protection at Communion Services; label: Members Not to Attach Themselves to the Grand Army of the Republic; label: Peace Tracts Published; label: Twenty Years Between Peace Declarations; label: A Peace Committee Formed; label: Peace Committee Without Funds; label: Peace Resolutions of 1915; label: The Church of the Brethren Not Prepared for World War I; label: The Church of the Brethren and the State; label: Many Brethren Supported Wilson; label: A New Interpretation of Citizenship; label: Church Divisions; label: Summary; label: Chapter VII. The position of the Church of the Brethren during World War I
title: 169; label: The Brethren Opposed the Entrance of the United States Into the World War; label: The Attitude of the Brethren Toward War During World War I; label: Confusion Regarding Noncombatant Service; label: Most Brethren Took Noncombatant Service; label: The Goshen Annual Conference; label: The Goshen Memorial Before the Government; label: The Goshen Statement Under Ban; label: Effect of the Goshen Statement Upon the Attitude of Drafted Brethren; label: The Conference Resolution of 1918; label: The General Education Board on Militarism; label: Attitudes of Drafted Brethren Toward the Church’s Uncertain Position; label: The Attitude of the Church Toward Those Who Took Combatant Service; label: Attitude of the Church of the Brethren Toward the State; label: The Church’s Attitude Toward Holding Office; label: A World War Governor; label: The Brethren Bought Liberty Bonds; label: How the State Dealt With the Brethren as a Religious Minority Group; label: The First Draft Law; label: Brethren Advised to Register; label: The Law Did Not Exempt Brethren From Military Service; label: First Drafted Brethren at Mercy of Army Officials; label: Brethren Leaders Interview Secretary of War Baker; label: Confidential Order of October 10, 1917; label: Confidential Order of December 19, 1917; label: Conscientious Objectors Ordered to Take a Psychological Examination; label: Confidential Order of March 11, 1918; label: The Government’s Policy Toward Objectors Through Eleven Months of War; label: The President Defined Noncombatant Service March 23, 1918; label: Interpretation of the Executive Order; label: The Farm Furlough Law; label: The Board of Inquiry Appointed; label: Instructions of July 30, 1918, Summarized the Government’s Policy; label: Questionable Treatment of Conscientious Objectors Continued in Camps; label: How the Board of Inquiry Classified Objectors; label: Court-martial Cases; label: Eighty per cent of Objectors Changed Their Minds; label: Attitude of Secretary Baker Toward Conscientious Objectors; label: The Attitude of President Wilson Toward Conscientious Objectors; label: Attitude of F. P. Keppel Toward Conscientious Objectors; label: Mr. Kellogg’s Testimony Regarding Conscientious Objectors; label: Conduct of the Objectors; label: More Experiences of the Brethren in the Army and in Prison; label: The Program of Relief and Reconstruction; label: Co-operation With the Friends and Mennonites; label: Effect of World War I Upon the Church of the Brethren; label: Summary; label: Chapter VIII. The development of the Brethren peace philosophy and activities between World Wars I and II
title: 234; label: Annual Conference Resolutions; label: Revision of Brethren’s Card; label: Peace Position Still Biblical; label: The Conference Resolutions of 1931 and 1932; label: Brethren Protest Against Military Taxes; label: A Growing Interest in Neutral Relief; label: The Church Declares That All War Is Sin; label: The Church and International Relationships; label: Statement Sent to the Oxford Conference; label: Resolutions of 1938; label: In the Shadow of Conscription; label: The Church Advises Against Noncombatant Service; label: The Relationship of Church Members to Labor Unions; label: An Appeal for Peace; label: Organization and Program of Activities; label: General Welfare Board Created; label: Board of Religious Education Organized; label: Peace Commission Appointed; label: Spanish Relief Work; label: China Relief Work; label: The Brethren Service Committee Formed; label: Independent Peace Organizations; label: Weaknesses of the Brethren Peace Program Between World Wars I and II; label: Advisory Committee for Conscientious Objectors; label: The Kirby Page Questionnaire to Ministers; label: Co-operative Work With Friends and Mennonites; label: The Oxford Conference on Conscientious Objectors; label: Attitude of the Church of the Brethren Toward the State; label: The Brethren Face Peacetime Conscription; label: The First Bill; label: Paul French Tells the Story; label: The Senate Committee Proposal; label: Absolute Exemption Defeated; label: The Selective Service and Training Act of 1940; label: Formation of the National Service Board of Religious Objectors; label: Planning for Work of National Importance; label: Special Standing Committee Meeting; label: The President Defines Noncombatant Service; label: An Agreement Reached With Selective Service; label: Agreement Regarding the Operation of Camps; label: Official Attitude of the Selective Service Officers; label: Brethren Boys Advised to Register; label: How the Conscientious Objectors Claim Exemption; label: Attitude of the Church of the Brethren Toward Young Men in Military Camps; label: The Philosophy of Civilian Public Service; label: Summary; label: The Brethren Peace Position; label: The Brethren Peace Program and Activities; label: The Brethren Getting Ready for the Coming War; label: Chapter IX. General summary and Brethren philosophy of the relationship of church and state
title: 319; label: The History and Position of the Church of the Brethren Regarding War; label: The Position of the Church of the Brethren Regarding the State; label: How the State Dealt With the Brethren as a Religious Minority Group; label: The Brethren Philosophy Regarding the Relationship of Church and State; label: Pertinent Problems; label: Bibliography
title: 334; label: Primary Sources; label: Brethren Publications; label: German Publications; label: Government Documents; label: Minutes; label: Other Publications; label: Publications of National Service Board; label: Rare Books and Papers; label: Secondary Materials; label: Index
title: 348