On the backroad to heaven : Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren / Donald B. Kraybill, Carl D. Bowman.
Kraybill, Donald B.; Bowman, Carl Desportes, 1957-
2001
BX8129.H8 K73 2001 (Mapit)
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Title On the backroad to heaven : Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren / Donald B. Kraybill, Carl D. Bowman.
Author Kraybill, Donald B.
ISBN 0801865654 (alk. paper)
9780801865657 (alk. paper)
0801870895
9780801870897
Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001.
Language English
Description xvi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number BX8129.H8 K73 2001
Summary "On the Backroad to Heaven is a unique guide to the strange world of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order communities - the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren - Donald B. Kraybill and Carl F. Bowman provide a fascinating overview of their culture, growth, and unique 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 first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-322) and index.
Added Author Bowman, Carl Desportes, 1957-
Series Center books in Anabaptist studies.
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