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Samuel J. Steiner

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in North Lima, Ohio, The United States

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Sam Steiner grew up in the home of a Mennonite pastor and school teacher. During the Vietnam War he became a draft resister and moved to Canada in 1968. He studied history and library science, served as Librarian and Archivist at Conrad Grebel University College (affiliated with the University of Waterloo) for almost 34 years. He is married to a Mennonite pastor.

He was managing editor of the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)(http://gameo.org). His books have related to Mennonite history, especially Ontario Mennonite history.

His memoir was released in 2022. ...more

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Mennonites and Major League Baseball

It’s the playoffs, and I’ve been a Blue Jays fan since the team began in 1977. This is a modest update of a post first done in 2015 in which I’ve tried to list Mennonites who have been participants in Major League Baseball. I’ve listed a number of connections in more or less chronological order. I’d be happy for other suggestions to add. I would like the players to have grown up in a Mennonite hom

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	In Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario (Studies of Anabaptist and Mennonite History) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mennonite Draft Dodger in Canada: A Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vicarious pioneer: The life of Jacob Y. Shantz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lead us on: A history of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 1945-1995 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and Economics by Calvin Wall Redekop (Editor), Victor A. Krahn (Editor), Samuel J. Steiner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mennonite Identity : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Calvin Wall Redekop (Editor), Samuel J. Steiner (Goodreads Author) (Assistant Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Unmistakable: Final Blogs by Sue Clemmer Steiner, Samuel J. Steiner (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I really like the International Criminal Court wrinkle in this Scott Turow novel. The role of the Roma and the U.S. military coverup angle were also well done. The personal relationship stuff is standard, but the overall plot was well above usual. On ...more
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Crooked Cross is fascinating more for its historical timing than for the quality of Sally Carson's writing. The portrayal of a family in early Nazi Germany, when Hitler was still not taken seriously by most of the world, provides excellent insight in ...more
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This is a very well written book. Unfortunately for me, I didn't find Theo that appealing a character. In some ways I thought the story was too Calvinist, with a limited amount of free will for the characters. They seemed doomed to emulate their fath ...more
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This is a very well written book. Unfortunately for me, I didn't find Theo that appealing a character. In some ways I thought the story was too Calvinist, with a limited amount of free will for the characters. They seemed doomed to emulate their fath ...more
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Samuel rated a book really liked it Transcription by Kate Atkinson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A delightful read that slows peels back the layers about the protagonist. I liked the humor that reduced the heaviness often felt in novels like this. Of course it was also too breezy to be a great novel. I do like Kate Atkinson's writing. ...more
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A delightful read that slows peels back the layers about the protagonist. I liked the humor that reduced the heaviness often felt in novels like this. Of course it was also too breezy to be a great novel. I do like Kate Atkinson's writing. ...more
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