Foreword
by Ronald R. J. Matthies 9
Author’s
Preface 11
Acknowledgments
15
Introduction:
The Pax Program in Perspective, by Al Keim 17
Chapter 1
Forerunners of the Pax Idea · 27
The World War I Builders Units
Earlier Voluntary Service Experiments
Other Recent VS Organizations and Activities
Chapter 2 Voluntary
Service and the Pax Idea · 33
American-Mennonite Students and VS
European-Mennonite VS
Chapter 3
Germination of the Pax Idea · 41
The Idea of Foreign Service for Mennonite COs
The Pax Idea Is Enacted
Groundwork for the Pax Program
The Paxers Arrive
Chapter 4 Launching
the PAX Program · 51
Recruiting the Volunteers
The Selective Service and Pax Men
Foreign Service Approval
Preparing for the Long Haul
The Ambiguous Status of Pax
Chapter 5 The Major
Pax Projects · 63
The Character and Variety of the Projects
Pax Expands Beyond Builders Units
Tabulations of Pax Projects
From Relief to Development
Chapter 6
Organization and Life of Pax · 75
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
Chapter 7 The
Meaning of Pax · 93
Misfortunes and Tragedies along the Way
Pax Contributions to the Church
The Meaning of Pax for the Volunteers
The Impact of Pax on MCC
Chapter 8 Pax on the
World Stage · 112
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
Appendix B Alternative Service 127
Appendix C Aims of the Pax Program 129
Appendix D Diagram of MCC-Pax Organizational Structure
130
Appendix E Wilbur Maust Diary 131
Appendix F Pax Study Report 133
Appendix G Brief Pax-Related Biographies of Peachey and
Redekop 135
Notes 137
Pax 50 Bibliography 152
The Index 157
The
Author 161
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