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9781931038003

The Pax Story: Service in the Name of Christ, 1951-1976

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    9781931038003

  • ISBN10:

    1931038007

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Cascadia Pub House

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Table of Contents

Foreword 9(2)
Ronald J. R. Mathies
Author's Preface 11(4)
Acknowledgments 15(2)
Introduction: The Pax Program in Perspective 17(10)
Al Keim
Forerunners of the Pax Idea
27(6)
The World War I Builders Units
Earlier Voluntary Service Experiments
Other Recent VS Organizations and Activities
Voluntary Service and the Pax Idea
33(8)
American-Mennonite Students and VS
European-Mennonite VS
Germination of the Pax Idea
41(10)
The Idea of Foreign Service for Mennonite COs
The Pax Idea Is Enacted
Groundwork for the Pax Program
The Paxers Arrive
Launching the Pax Program
51(12)
Recruiting the Volunteers
The Selective Service and Pax Men
Foreign Service Approval
Preparing for the Long Haul
The Ambiguous Status of Pax
The Major Pax Projects
63(12)
The Character and Variety of the Projects
Pax Expands Beyond Builders Units
Tabulations of Pax Projects
From Relief to Development
Organization and Life of Pax
75(18)
The Pax Organization
Pax Field Personnel and Responsibilities
Changing Activities and Personnel Responsibilities
Domestic Life in the Units
The Integration of Pax and MVS Activities
The Progression of Pax
The Meaning of Pax
93(19)
Misfortunes and Tragedies along the Way
Pax Contributions to the Church
The Meaning of Pax for the Volunteers
The Impact of Pax on MCC
Pax on the World Stage
112(13)
Reflections on the Pax role in Larger Society
Pax and the Peace Corps
The Contributions of Pax to the Mennonite World
In the Future: International Mennonite PAX Corps?
Appendix A Basic Clothing List for Men in I-W Builders Unit (West Germany) 125(2)
Appendix B Alternative Service 127(2)
Appendix C Aims of the Pax Program 129(1)
Appendix D Diagram of MCC-Pax Organizational Structure 130(1)
Appendix E Wilbur Maust Diary 131(2)
Appendix F Pax Study Report 133(1)
Appendix G Brief Pax-Related Biographies of Peachey and Redekop 134(3)
Notes 137(15)
Pax 50 Bibliography 152(5)
The Index 157(3)
The Author 160

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