edited by Marlin E. Miller and Barbara Nelson Gingerich.

"Should Christians be involved in making war? This question has challenged Christians since Jesus taught his followers to turn the other cheek. This book contains thought-provoking essays that treat various facets of that question: war and peace as presented in the Bible, war and peace as divisive issues in the history of the church, an analysis of eleven recent statements made by church bodies, and so on. While these essays do not (and could not) resolve the question of the peace witness of the church, they do provide a helpful overview of the dimensions of the topic and should be useful in fostering ecumenical dialogue on a church-dividing issue."

-JOHN FORD

The Catholic University of America

"This rich ecumenical study of the biblical and ecclesial foundations of peace will serve all who wish to advance peace in a world that so desperately needs it. I was much instructed (and edified) by the careful work of the contributors. This book repays careful study."

-LAWRENCE S. CUNNINGHAM

University of Notre Dame

"It is a delight to see representatives of the historic peace churches and churches tradi-tionally adhering to a just-war approach attempting to break through old patterns to-ward new paradigms of Christian peace witness. reflected in this volume can be maintained, there is hope for a unified Christian peace If the truly ecumenical dialogue witness."

-WALDEMAR JANZEN

Canadian Mennonite Bible College

MARLIN E. MILLER is president and professor of theology at Associated Men-nonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, and is an ordained minister of the Menno-nite Church. He has written articles for several publications, including entries in the Mennonite Encyclopedia

BARBARA NELSON GINGERICH has done graduate study in theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School and was a member of the Mennonite Central Committee's Ecumenical Peace Theology Working Group. She is coeditor of Mennonite Peace Theology: A Panorama of Types.