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The Hutterites in North America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janzen, Rod A.
Other Authors: Stanton, Max Edward, 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Series:Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Subjects:
Hutterian Brethren > North America.
North America > Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Communal Christians in North America
  • Origins and history
  • Immigration and settlement in North America
  • Four Hutterite branches
  • Beliefs and practices
  • Life patterns and rites of passage
  • Identity, tradition, and folk beliefs
  • Education and cultural continuity
  • Colony structure, governance, and economics
  • Population, demography, and defection
  • Managing technology and social change
  • Relationships with non-Hutterites
  • Facing the future.