California Mennonites /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Going to California: the Mennonite migration
- Alone in the garden: boosters, migrants, and refugees
- Urban dystopia and divine nature: the early Mennonite colonies
- Outsiders from within: defining California Mennonite identity
- New neighbors: confronting racial and religious pluralism
- From sewing circles to missionary societies: the public roles of women in the church
- Peaceful patriots: California Mennonites during World War II
- Socially active Mennonitism and mental health: the origins of Kings View Homes
- Feeding the hungry: a story of piety and professionalization
- Protect and assimilate: evangelical education in California
- Labor tensions: Mennonite growers, the UFW, and the farm labor problem
- From digging gold to saving souls: the transformation of California Mennonite identity
- Epilogue. a new breed of Mennonites.