¹See Ernst Troeltsch, The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches, (New York: Harper & Row, [1911] 1931).

²Douglas John Hall, "The Theology of The Cross and Covenanting for World Peace," Baptist Peacemaker, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 6. (January 1988).

³Daniel L. Smith, (D. Phil. Oxford, professor at Wilmington College) "Political Atheism and Radical Faith: The Challenge of Christian Non-Violence." From a paper contributed to the preparatory volume for the Second International Seminar "Toward a Theology of Peace," Budapest (December 1987).

⁴See the important collection of documents Donald Durnbaugh, ed. On Earth Peace: Discussions on War/Peace Issues Between Friends, Mennonites, Brethren, and European Churches, 1935-75, (Elgin, Ill.: The Brethren Press, 1978).

⁵This position has been developed at length in John Howard Yoder's Christian Witness to the State, (Newton, Kan.: Faith and Life Press, 1964).

⁶Most Mennonites were inclined to accept Reinhold Niebuhr's portrayal of Jesus as a totally nonresistant, nonpolitical, otherworldly figure, until the rethinking of the actual historical career of Jesus led to a new understanding of Jesus summarized in such works as John Howard Yoder's The Politics of Jesus (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1972).

⁷See Donald Durnbaugh, ed. On Earth Peace: Discussions on War/Peace Issues Between Friends, Mennonites, Brethren, and European Churches, 1935-75, (Elgin, Ill.: The Brethren Press, 1978).

Since the account in On Earth Peace provides an excellent record of these events, we only introduce the theme here.

⁸Inhis essay in The Ecumenical Review (July 1986), von Weizsaecker recognizes the alternative model of a "convocation," urging that it must be as inclusive as possible, and happen as soon as possible. See also John H. Yoder, "Calling a Council for Peace," Ecumenical Trends (November 1986).

⁹"A'Peace Church' Perspective on Covenanting," The Ecumenical Review, July 1986.

¹⁰Quoted on p. 22, One World, No. 132, January to February 1988.

¹¹From Ninan Koshy, "Ecumenical Social Thought on JPIC." (October 1987).

¹² From Thomas Finger, "Christology, Confession and Peace: Some Ecumenical Dimensions," MCC Peace Section Newsletter (November/December 1987).

¹³Stephen Cary, "Possible Quaker Contribution to the Christian Dialogue Regarding Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation."

A pamphlet published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, Pa.

¹⁴Ona personal note: My own most interesting experience was a three-hour conversation with several career air force chaplains. At a workshop on the chaplaincy with the former head of chaplains, I recognized his colleague as an acquaintance from my high school days in Lancaster County, Pa., Christian Martin, Jr., a Presbyterian minister whose grandparents were Mennonites! That visit led to a continuing "ecumenical war and peace dialogue."

¹⁵Guidelines: Peace, Freedom and Security Studies, A program of the NAE (October 1986).

¹⁶See Augsburger and Curry, Nuclear Arms (Waco, Texas: Word, 1987).

¹⁷A recent letter from an evangelical leader familiar with PFSS says: "The program has received solid critique in numerous evangelical publications, and less than enthusiastic support in others. Nothing that I read or hear suggests that the program is going anywhere. NAE has not funded the program very well and it has not raised much outside support."

¹⁸The three-page Brethren in Christ document is available from the office of the denomination's General Secretary. Robert Kreider published his observations on PFSS in Mennonite Weekly Review (August 20, 1987). Ronald Sider's critique is found in ESA Parley (February 1988).

¹⁹See reference in Note 3. One important setting for scholarly work on these issues has been the 20-year conversation of the War-Nation-Church Study Group. See the collection of papers edited by Paul Peachey, Peace, Politics, and the People of God, (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986).

²⁰Susan Thistlethwaite, ed. A Just Peace Church (New York: United Church Press, 1986).

²¹Ina subsequent paper, I intend to deal more extensively with theological questions such as "survivalism" and the new dimensions of the just war/pacifism discussion.

²²From an unpublished paper, "Peace Theology and American Protestant Ecclesiology" (pp. 22).

²³Ibid. (pp. 24).

²⁴See Hall, note 2 above, (pp.6,7).