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Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr. Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252092651 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 262
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Since arriving nearly 250 years ago in Franklin County, Virginia, German Baptists have maintained their faith and farms by relying on their tightly knit community for spiritual and economic support. Today, with their land and livelihoods threatened by the encroachment of neighboring communities, the construction of a new highway, and competition from corporate megafarms, the German Baptists find themselves forced to adjust. Charles D. Thompson Jr.'s The Old German Baptist Brethren combines oral history with ethnography and archival research--as well as his own family ties to the Franklin County community--to tell the story of the Brethren's faith on the cusp of impending change. The book traces the transformation of their operations from frontier subsistence farms to cash-based enterprises, connecting this with the wider confluence of agriculture and faith in colonial America. Using extensive interviews, Thompson looks behind the scenes at how individuals interpret their own futures in farming, their hope for their faith, and how the failure of religiously motivated agriculture figures in the larger story of the American farmer.
Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr. Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252092651 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
Since arriving nearly 250 years ago in Franklin County, Virginia, German Baptists have maintained their faith and farms by relying on their tightly knit community for spiritual and economic support. Today, with their land and livelihoods threatened by the encroachment of neighboring communities, the construction of a new highway, and competition from corporate megafarms, the German Baptists find themselves forced to adjust. Charles D. Thompson Jr.'s The Old German Baptist Brethren combines oral history with ethnography and archival research--as well as his own family ties to the Franklin County community--to tell the story of the Brethren's faith on the cusp of impending change. The book traces the transformation of their operations from frontier subsistence farms to cash-based enterprises, connecting this with the wider confluence of agriculture and faith in colonial America. Using extensive interviews, Thompson looks behind the scenes at how individuals interpret their own futures in farming, their hope for their faith, and how the failure of religiously motivated agriculture figures in the larger story of the American farmer.
Author: Carl F. Bowman Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801849053 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 516
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In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren—historically known as "Dunkers" after their method of baptism—were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins.
Author: Donald B. Kraybill Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 0801899117 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 324
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Donald B. Kraybill has spent his career among Anabaptist groups, gaining an unparalleled understanding of these traditionally private people. Kraybill shares that deep knowledge in this succinct overview of the beliefs and cultural practices of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites in North America. Found throughout Canada, Central America, Mexico, and the United States, these religious communities include more than 200 different groups with 800,000 members in 17 countries. Through 340 short entries, Kraybill offers readers information on a wide range of topics related to religious views and social practices. With thoughtful consideration of how these diverse communities are related, this compact reference provides a brief and accurate synopsis of these groups in the twenty-first century. No other single volume provides such a broad overview of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites in North America. Organized for ease of searching—with a list of entries, a topic finder, an index of names, and ample cross-references—the volume also includes abundant resources for accessing additional information. Wide in scope, succinct in content, and with directional markers along the way, the Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites is a must-have reference for anyone interested in Anabaptist groups.
Author: Donald F. Durnbaugh Publisher: ISBN: 9780936693002 Category : Languages : en Pages : 2126
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The most complete and up-to-date compilation of information ever assembled on the Brethren bodies, which includes the Old German Baptist Brethren, The Brethren Church, the Church of the Brethren, the Dunkard Brethren Church, the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, and the Conservative Grace Brethren Church International. Over 6,000 signed articles on significant personalities, congregations, and doctrines; a specially created portfolio of maps showing Brethren origins, colonial congregations, routes of expansion, and sites of Brethren congregations through history; more than 230 articles on family history; a list of every ordained Brethren minister and elder from 1708 to 1980, with references; the most comprehensive bibliography of Brethren books ever compiled (over 250 pages) with special emphasis on family histories; and much more. $150.00 per set for Volumes 1,2,3, $60 for a single volume. (A fourth volume containing new material plus a comprehensive index is currently being produced with anticipated publication in 2004.)
Author: Bob Woodward Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439126348 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 717
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The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Author: Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Author: Donald B. Kraybill
Author: Carl F. Bowman
Author: Henry R. Holsinger
Author: J. Bruce Behney
Author: Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Author: Donald B. Kraybill
Author: Donald F. Durnbaugh
Author: Bob Woodward
Author: David Cranz