▁the ▁Ira q ▁War . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Activ ism ▁Art ▁G ish ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Lanc aster ▁County , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁He ▁left ▁his ▁family ' s ▁farm ▁as ▁a ▁te en ager ▁and ▁declared ▁himself ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁object or . ▁G ish ▁joined ▁the ▁Bre th ren ▁Vol unte er ▁Service , ▁which ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁the ▁Bre th ren , ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁Europe ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁G ish ▁protest ed ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mov ement . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁and ▁Christian ▁Rad ical ism ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁G ish ▁was ▁interview ed ▁by ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Ath ens ▁M essen ger . ▁In ▁this ▁interview ▁he ▁described ▁his ▁relationship ▁to ▁early ▁Protest ant ▁cult ures ▁of ▁worship ▁and ▁diss ent : ▁" Work ing ▁in ▁the ▁protest ▁movement ," ▁G ish ▁said , ▁" I ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁see ▁that ▁the ▁early ▁Bre th ren ▁and ▁the ▁An ab apt ists ▁were ▁not ▁conserv atives . ▁They ▁were ▁the ▁radical s ▁of ▁their ▁day .... ▁The ▁early ▁Bre th ren ▁understood ▁that ▁a ▁Christian ▁is ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁world , ▁that ▁a ▁Christian ▁stands ▁over ▁against ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁is ▁in ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁world . ▁To ▁be ▁at ▁peace