Roth, John D. 1960–

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ROTH, John D. 1960–

PERSONAL: Born 1960, in Holmes County, OH; married Ruth Miller; children: Sarah, Leah, Hannah, Mary. Education: University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1989. Religion: Mennonite.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History, Goshen College, 1700 South Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.

CAREER: Goshen College, Goshen, IN, professor of history, 1988–, and director of Mennonite Historical Library.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Engaging Anabaptism: Conversations with a Radical Tradition, Herald Press (Scottdale, PA), 2001.

Choosing against War: A Christian View, Good Books (Intercourse, PA), 2002.

Editor, Mennonite Quarterly Review.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A history of European Mennonites in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, August, 2002, Steven Schroeder, review of Choosing against War: A Christian View, pp. 1894-1895.

ONLINE

Goshen College Web site, http://www.goshen.edu/ (August 19, 2002), "Advocating Pacifism Post-9/11: Roth Book Explains Christian Peace Movement."

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