Foreword: A Man Before His Time, by George F. McLean 9
Acknowledgments 13
Introduction—My Autobiographical Narrative 15

PART ONE
1 A Walk in the Woods • 21
2 Cradled Between Two Mountains and Two Wars • 31

PART TWO
3 The European Aftermath of World War II • 47
4 Reentering the Mennonite Enclave • 63
5 An Awakening to Peacemaking • 76
6 A Sally into the Orient • 87
7 Jousting with the Legacy of Christendom • 105
8 A Midlife Fork in My Road • 119

PART THREE
9 A Churchman’s European Journey • 133
10 The Wealth and Poverty of Sociology • 143
11 Cold War Bridge-Building • 155
12 Retreat in a Wilderness • 169
Excursus

PART FOUR
13 The Creation/Salvation Symbiosis • 187
14 Ekklesia and Diaspora • 205
15 The Sacralizing/Secularizing Duet • 218
16 Being Human/Christian in This Postmodern World • 233

Epilogue 248
The Author 253