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Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.
Language: en
Pages: 428
Pages: 428
The continuing conflict between the Anabaptist/Mennonite community and the expanding industrial culture of the modern world has not been investigated. This book addresses the issues which fuel that conflict, focusing on the implications of subordinating an economic system to the theological framework of a Christian society. Contributors: Gregory Baum, Lawrence
Language: en
Pages: 167
Pages: 167
Lee focuses on the Weaverland Conference of Old Order Mennonites, a group formed in 1893 and now consisting of over 5,000 members. A large concentration of Weaverland Mennonites live in upstate New York near Seneca Falls, and Lee focuses his easily readable sociological study on that community. Individual chapters deal
Language: en
Pages: 600
Pages: 600
T.D. Regehr shows how the Second World War challenged the pacifist views of Mennonites and created a population more aware of events, problems, and opportunities for Christian service and personal advancement in the world beyond their traditional rural communities.
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
"Under Hitler, Germany's state-linked provincial churches functioned as seedbeds of nationalism. A smaller and independent church form - the "free church" or denomination - offered greater promise of nonconformity. Linked by pacifist traditions, German Mennonites, Seventh-day Adventists, and Quakers promoted a range of liberal principles: empowerment of the individual conscience,
Language: en
Pages: 368
Pages: 368
This book—the first of its kind—will appeal to historians and religious studies scholars alike.
Language: en
Pages: 49
Pages: 49
Books about Stability and Change in an Old Order Mennonite Farming System in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Language: en
Pages: 356
Pages: 356
Rempel combines his first-hand account of life in Russian Mennonite settlements during the landmark period of 1900-1920, with a rich portrait of six generations of his ancestral family from the foundation of the first colony in 1789.
Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
The Waterloo Mennonites is truly a communal book: the substance treats the communal aspect of the Mennonite community in all its complexity, while the book itself came about through communal effort from the students and researchers assisting Fretz, the various organizations and individuals providing support, the larger community including the
Language: en
Pages: 520
Pages: 520