Being Mennonite in America suggests a deeper analysis of the Mennonite experience. Rather than raising the singular question of how Mennonites are different, it offers the possibility of engaging the complex relationship Mennonites have with much that is America.
So, what is it like being Mennonite in America? What are the paradoxes that fill this space? Where has the relationship between Mennonites and America been symbiotic, allowing both to flourish? What have been the flash points that have caused Mennonites' neighbors, those living across the street and at times the president himself and his administration, consternation and frustration? When, in the eyes of the public, has the prophetic turned pathetic? How is it that Mennonites sometimes appear to be imbued with great foresight when engaging the culture, and at other times so patently behind the curve? All this and so much more is part of what it has meant, and continues to mean, to be Mennonite in America.
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