On the Backroad to Heaven

On the Backroad to Heaven

EnglishPaperback / softback
Kraybill, Donald B.
Johns Hopkins University Press
EAN: 9780801870897
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On the Backroad to Heaven is a unique guidebook to the world of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order communities-the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren-Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman provide a fascinating overview of their culture, growth, and distinctive 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.
EAN 9780801870897
ISBN 0801870895
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date November 25, 2002
Pages 352
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152 x 21
Country United States
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Bowman, Carl F.; Kraybill, Donald B.
Illustrations 19 Line drawings, black and white; 53 Halftones, black and white
Series Center Books in Anabaptist Studies