homelands into strange territories -- to the American colonies, Russia,

Paraguay, Canada and elsewhere. It is also rooted in the denomination's

pacifism. Because members of the church usually seek conscientious-objector

status in times of warfare, they've sometimes been referred to as "anti-

American."Mennonite ethicist John Richard Burkholder says this response

could better be described as "more-than-Americanism."He writes, "Pacifists

identify with the entire human community and the long sweep of history. For

the pacifist, citizenship in a particular nation-state is just not that important."

Pacifists, Burkholder says, "consciously adopt a more global worldview than

most Americans. They wear tribal identifications lightly and see themselves as

global citizens."¹⁴Transnationalism is, of course, not the exclusive claim of

pacifists. At. Saint Olaf College, rich in the Norwegian Lutheran heritage,

faculty and students see themselves "as world citizens as well as part of a

specific cultural heritage."¹⁵Some have suggested that religious believers, in

general, should recognize that "religious loyalty transcends national

loyalty."¹⁶In any event, a theologically and ethically grounded international

perspective has contributed to study-abroad programs at Goshen College as

well as at many other religiously-affiliated liberal arts schools.

In an earlier chapter in this volume, Margaret Falls-Corbitt writes about

a "not-quite-postmodern church-related college."If that description is true

for Methodists, it is doubly so for Mennonites. In an article titled "Mennonites

14_{John Richard Burkholder, "Pacifist Ethics and Pacifist Politics," in Michael}
Cromartie, ed., Peace Betrayed? Essays on Pacifism and Politics(Washington,
D.C.:Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1990):198.

15_{Kelleher, Learning, 209.}

16_{On this, see Bellah et. al., The Good Society (New York:Alfred A. Knopf,}
1991):217.

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