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On the Backroad to Heaven

Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish and Brethren

by Carl F. Bowman

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hopkins University Press
  • 15.2 x 22.7 x 2.7 cm

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A guidebook to the world of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order communities - the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren - Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Bowman provide an overview of their culture, growth, and distinctive way of life. Following a general introduction to Old Order culture, they show how each group uses a different strategy to create and sustain its identity. The Hutterites, for example, keep themselves geographically segregated from the larger society, whereas the Brethren interact more freely with it. The Amish and Mennonites are more alike in how they engage the outside world, adopting a complex but flexible strategy of compromise that produces an evolving canon of social and religious rules. This is a comparative study which aims to sketch the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.

  • Author

    Carl F. Bowman

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Hopkins University Press

  • Published

    November 2002

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    527g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.7 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780801870897

  • ISBN-10

    0801870895

  • Eden Code

    1117378

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