Article Topic: conscientious objection
The Challenge of Pursuing Peace
The Brethren in Christ and the Peace Position
Responses to Randall Basinger
The Brethren in Christ and the Peace Position
Brethren in Christ Statements of Faith and Their Significance
How His Mind Was Changed
Jophn E. Zercher, Nonresistance, and the Power of Motivated Reasoning
Of all its contributions to twentieth-century theological reflection, the most important gift of The Christian Century was its recurring series “How My Mind Has Changed.” Inaugurated by editor Charles Clayton Morrison in 1939, the series offered scores of first-person accounts detailing how influential Christian theologians had changed their views, if...read more
The Elusive “Pearl of Great Price”
Exploring the Legend of How the Brethren in Christ Got Their Name
Expanding the Narrative
World War I Conscientious Objectors in Their Own Words
A Lasting Legacy
E. J. Swalm's Story of Conscientious Objection During World War 1
Ernest John Swalm was born in 1897 on a farm in Duntroon, Ontario, about 60 miles north of Toronto. His father, Isaac, was a Brethren in Christ pastor and bishop. His mother, Alice Sammons, was Mennonite Brethren prior to her marriage to Isaac.Ernest grew up with the teaching of nonresistance...read more