California Mennonites /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Froese, Brian, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.