Building On The Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Washington County, Maryland

by Edsel Burdge Jr., Samuel L. Horst

Overview

Edsel Burdge Jr. and Samuel L. Horst tell the stories of three centuries of faith and life among the Washington County (Md.), and Franklin County (Pa.) Mennonites. From small beginnings in colonial American settlements, issues such as personal spiritual commitment, corporate accountability, nonconformity, and peace have been constants. This history describes in detail the particulars of that struggle as well as recounting stories illustrative of community life in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780836192650
Publisher:	MennoMedia
Publication date:	06/03/2004
Series:	Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History , #42
Pages:	928
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Edsel Burdge Jr., a Franklin County native, joined the Mennonite Church as a young adult. He taught for twelve years in various Mennonite schools and currently writes curriculum for Christian Light Education and edits the Conococheague Mennonist, a publication of the Mennonite Historical Association of the Cumberland Valley.

Samuel L. Horst is emeritus professor of history at Eastern Mennonite University where he taught for thirty-two years. He is the author of Mennonites in the Confederacy and coauthor of Conscience in Crisis.

Editorial Reviews

More than a history, Burdge and Horst have crafted a genealogy of the Mennonite community in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa. Their narrative is set firmly within the larger Mennonite and Pietist context, and will long stand as the definitive work on this small, but vital community.”

Reviews - Sam Steiner

Edsel Burdge and Samuel Horst have written a first-rate history of the Mennonites of the Cumberland Valley. Their scholarship is remarkably thorough and deep; their writing is strong, clear, and honest.”

Reviews - Edward L. Ayers

“More than a history, Burdge and Horst have crafted a genealogy of the Mennonite community in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa. Their narrative is set firmly within the larger Mennonite and Pietist context, and will long stand as the definitive work on this small, but vital community.”

Librarian and Archivist, Conrad Grebel University College - Sam Steiner

“Edsel Burdge and Samuel Horst have written a first-rate history of the Mennonites of the Cumberland Valley. Their scholarship is remarkably thorough and deep; their writing is strong, clear, and honest.”

Dean of the College and Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia - Edward L. Ayers