Samuel J. Steiner (born 18 September 1946 in North Lima, Ohio) is an American-Canadian historian, author, and archivist.[1] Steiner moved to Canada in 1968 as a draft resister, where he became a historian and archivist at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario, and was the founding editor of the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia. He has authored five books about Mennonite history, including a biography of Jacob Yost Shantz and is considered an authority on Ontario Mennonite history.[2][3][4]

Works

  • "Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman" (PDF). Mennogespräch. Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. 5 (1). March 1987.
  • Vicarious Pioneer: The Life of Jacob Y. Shantz. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Hyperion Books. 1988. ISBN 0920534503.
  • Lead Us On: A History of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 1945–1995. Kitchener, Ontario: Rockway Mennonite Collegiate. 1995. ISBN 978-0969988304.
  • In Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario. Herald Press. 2015. ISBN 9781513800318.
  • A Mennonite Draft Dodger in Canada: A Memoir. Self-Published. 2022. ISBN 9780981151649.

References

  1. ↑ "Samuel J. Steiner". University of Waterloo. 2 May 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ Barb Draper (12 August 2015). "New definitive history of Mennonites in Ontario". The Canadian Mennonite. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ontario Historical Society" (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Diverse Ontario a leader in unity". Mennonite World Review. Retrieved January 30, 2020.



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