In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the
sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a
fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic
Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith
traditions, cultures, and nationalities. The founding of Eastern
Mennonite School, later Eastern Mennonite University, in 1917 came
at a pivotal time for the Mennonite community. Industrialization
and scientific discovery were rapidly changing the world, and the
increasing availability of secular education offered tempting
alternatives that threatened the Mennonite way of life. In
response, the Eastern Mennonites founded a school that would
“uphold the principles of plainness and simplicity,†where
youth could learn the Bible and develop skills that would help
advance the church. In the latter half of the twentieth century,
the university’s identity evolved from separatism to social
engagement in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating
technology. EMU now defines its mission in terms of service,
peacebuilding, and community. Comprehensive and well told by a
leading scholar of Anabaptist and Pietist studies, this social
history of Eastern Mennonite University reveals how the school has
mediated modernity while remaining consistently Mennonite. A
must-have for anyone affiliated with EMU, it will appeal especially
to sociologists and historians of Anabaptist and Pietist studies
and higher education.
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